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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian вико́нт (vikónt), Belarusian and Ukrainian віко́нт (vikónt), from French vicomte.
Noun
וויקאָנט • (vikont) m, plural וויקאָנטן (vikontn)
- viscount
- Synonym: בורגגראַף (burggraf)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “װיקאָנט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “viscount”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN