abadessa

Inherited from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈðɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈðə.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.baˈðe.sa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadesses, masculine abat)

1. abbess

• “abadessa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abadessa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• abbadessa

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈdes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dés‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadesse, masculine abate)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of badessa

• abadessa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈde.s̺a/

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• abade
• abadia

• Galician: abadesa
• Portuguese: abadessa

• abbadessa (obsolete)
• abadêssa (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”).

• Rhymes: -esɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery)

• abade
• abadia