baroness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

baroness (plural baronesses)

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

Hyponyms

baronessa (“Italian baroness”)
baronne (“French baroness”)

Related terms

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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