duchesse

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French duchesse. Doublet of duchess. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /duːˈʃɛs/ ==== Noun ==== duchesse (countable and uncountable, plural duchesses) (countable) A French duchess. Coordinate term: duc (countable) A type of dressing table with a swing glass. (uncountable) Ellipsis of duchesse lace. ===== Related terms ===== grande-duchesse === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== duchesse (plural duchesses) Obsolete spelling of duchess. == Finnish == === Etymology === From French satin duchesse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdyˌʃes/, [ˈdyˌʃe̞s̠] Rhymes: -es === Noun === duchesse duchesse satin, duchesse (soft, heavy, and glossy satin cloth produced with a satin weave with fine silk threads, now used also of similar cloth that is made with synthetic fibers) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “duchesse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French duchesse. By surface analysis, duc (“duke”) +‎ -esse (“-ess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dy.ʃɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === duchesse f (plural duchesses, masculine duc) duchess ==== Related terms ==== duc ==== Descendants ==== → English: duchesse → Persian: دوشس (dušes) → Turkish: düşes === Further reading === “duchesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === duchesse f plural of duchessa == Middle English == === Alternative forms === duches deuches, dewchesse, douches, duchasse, dukes, dwchesse (Late Middle English); duchez (Northern) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French duchesse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /duˈt͡ʃɛs(ə)/, /ˈdut͡ʃɛs(ə)/ === Noun === duchesse (plural duchesses) duchess (female ruler) duchess (wife of a duke) female noble, lady ==== Related terms ==== duk ==== Descendants ==== English: duchess (obsolete dutchess) Middle Scots: duches Scots: duchess ==== References ==== “duches(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2018. == Old French == === Noun === duchesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural duchesses, nominative singular duchesse, nominative plural duchesses) duchess ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: duchesse, duches, deuches, dewchesse, douches, duchasse, dukes, dwchesse (Late Middle English), duchez (Northern)English: duchess (obsolete dutchess)Middle Scots: duchesScots: duchess French: duchesse→ English: duchesse→ Persian: دوشس (dušes)→ Turkish: düşes