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(kaʊntɪs) also Countess
Word forms: plural countesses
countable noun & title noun
A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
...the Countess of Lichfield.

countess in British English

(ˈkaʊntɪs)
noun
1. 
the wife or widow of a count or earl
2. 
a woman of the rank of count or earl

countess in American English

(ˈkaʊntɪs)
noun
1. 
the wife or widow of a count or earl
2. 
a noblewoman whose rank is equal to that of a count or earl
Word origin
ME countesse < OFr contesse < ML cometissa: see count2 & -ess

Examples of 'countess' in a sentence
countess

Perhaps she could play a countess, being served tea by her butler husband.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We all of us really wanted to be in Brideshead and so her role for us was to play the grand countess.
Louise Carpenter AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004)

In other languages
countess

British English: countess NOUN
A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
The prince gallantly ordered the countess to abandon the castle.
  • American English: countess
  • Brazilian Portuguese: condessa
  • Chinese: 女伯爵或伯爵夫人
  • European Spanish: condesa
  • French: comtesse
  • German: Gräfin
  • Italian: contessa
  • Japanese: 伯爵夫人
  • Korean: 백작 부인
  • European Portuguese: condessa
  • Latin American Spanish: condesa

Chinese translation of 'countess'

countess

(ˈkauntɪs)

n (c)

  1. (in own right) 女伯爵 (nǚ bójué) (位, wèi)
  2. (= wife of count/earl) 伯爵夫人 (bójué fūren) (位, wèi)
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