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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French princesse or German Prinzess, an archaic form of Prinzessin.
Pronunciation
Noun
принце́сса • (princéssa) f anim (genitive принце́ссы, nominative plural принце́ссы, genitive plural принце́сс, masculine принц)
- female equivalent of принц (princ): princess
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “принцесса”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “принц”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 67