baroness

baroness

English

Etymology

From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/

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Noun

baroness (plural baronesses)

1. The wife of a baron.
2. A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

Related terms

• baronetess

Translations

the wife of a baron

Finnish: paronitar (fi) Polish: baronowa (pl) f Turkish: barones (tr)

female ruler of a barony

Albanian: baroneshë (sq) f Armenian: բարոնուհի (baronuhi) Asturian: baronesa (ast) f Catalan: baronessa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 男爵夫人 (nánjué fūrén), 女性男爵 (nǚxìng nánjué) Czech: baronka (cs) f Danish: baronesse Dutch: barones (nl) f Esperanto: baronino Estonian: paruness Finnish: vapaaherratar, paronitar (fi) French: baronne (fr) f Galician: baronesa f German: Baronin (de) f, Baronesse f Greek: βαρόνη (el) f (varóni) Hawaiian: pālona wahine, barona wahine Hungarian: bárónő (hu), báróné (hu), baronesz, bárókisasszony (hu) Ido: baronino (io), barono (io) Irish: banbharún m Italian: baronessa (it) f Latvian: baronese, brīvkundze Lithuanian: baronienė (lt) f Macedonian: бароница f (baronica), баронеса f (baronesa) Marathi: बॅरनेस f (bĕrnes) Norman: bâronne f Norwegian: Bokmål: baronesse m or f Nynorsk: baronesse f Persian: بارونس‎ (bârones) Polish: baronessa (pl) f Portuguese: baronesa (pt) f Russian: бароне́сса (ru) f (baronéssa) Sicilian: barunissa f Slovak: barónka (sk) f Slovene: baronica f Spanish: baronesa f Swedish: baronessa (sv) c Turkish: barones (tr) Volapük: jibaonan (vo)

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