marquesa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
marquesa f (plural marqueses)
- female equivalent of marquès
- a marchioness (the wife of a marquis)
Usage notes
- As with many female noble titles, this term can mean either a woman who holds such a title in her own right, or the wife of a man who holds the equivalent male title.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maʁˈke.zɐ/ [mahˈke.zɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maɾˈke.zɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʁˈke.zɐ/ [maχˈke.zɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɻˈke.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐɾˈke.zɐ/
- Rhymes: -ezɐ
- Hyphenation: mar‧que‧sa
References
- “marquesa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “marquesa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From marqués (“marquess”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix); compare French marquise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈkesa/ [maɾˈke.sa]
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: mar‧que‧sa
Further reading
- “marquesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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