contesse
Italian
Pronunciation 1
- Rhymes: -esse
- Hyphenation: con‧tés‧se
Noun
contesse f pl
- plural of contessa
Pronunciation 2
- Rhymes: -ɛsse
- Hyphenation: con‧tès‧se
Verb
contesse
- third-person singular present indicative of contessere
Middle French
Noun
contesse f (plural contesses)
- countess (wife of a count)
Descendants
- French: comtesse
Old French
Etymology
conte + -esse.
Noun
contesse f (oblique plural contesses, nominative singular contesse, nominative plural contesses)
- countess (wife of a count)
Descendants
- French: comtesse