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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese condessa, from Medieval Latin comitissa.
Pronunciation
Noun
condesa f (plural condesas)
- female equivalent of conde (“countess”)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “condessa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “condessa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “condesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “condesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈdesa/
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: con‧de‧sa
Etymology 1
From conde (“count”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Noun
condesa f (plural condesas, masculine conde, masculine plural condes)
- countess
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
condesa
- inflection of condesar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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