принцесса

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse or German Prinzess, an archaic form of Prinzessin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪnˈt͡sɛs(ː)ə]
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Noun

принце́сса • (princéssa) f anim (genitive принце́ссы, nominative plural принце́ссы, genitive plural принце́сс, masculine принц)

  1. female equivalent of принц (princ): princess

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: პრინცესა (ṗrincesa)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), принцесса”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), принц”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 67
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