altesse

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian altezza or, less convincingly, from Spanish alteza. Doublet of hautesse, the inherited French equivalent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /al.tɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === altesse f (plural altesses) highness, Highness (title of respect) ==== Derived terms ==== Son Altesse Votre Altesse === Further reading === “altesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012