contesse

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /konˈtes.se/ Rhymes: -esse Hyphenation: con‧tés‧se ==== Noun ==== contesse f pl plural of contessa === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /konˈtɛs.se/ Rhymes: -ɛsse Hyphenation: con‧tès‧se ==== Verb ==== contesse third-person singular present indicative of contessere == Middle English == === Noun === contesse (Early Scots, Gloucestershire) alternative form of countesse == Middle French == === Alternative forms === contese === Etymology === From Old French contesse; equivalent to conte +‎ -esse. === Noun === contesse f (plural contesses) countess (wife of a count) ==== Descendants ==== French: comtesse→ Danish: komtesse→ English: comtesse→ Turkish: kontes === References === comtesse on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Old French == === Alternative forms === contesce, cuntesse === Etymology === conte +‎ -esse. === Noun === contesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural contesses, nominative singular contesse, nominative plural contesses) countess (wife of a count) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: contesse, conteseFrench: comtesse→ Danish: komtesse→ English: comtesse→ Turkish: kontes → Middle English: countesseEnglish: countessMiddle Scots: countas, countes, countisScots: countess