mbretëreshë

See also: mbretëreshe

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mbretneshë Gheg
  • mretneshë Gheg

Etymology

From mbretër + -eshë. Compare Romanian împărăteasă.

Noun

mbretëreshë f (plural mbretëresha, definite mbretëresha, definite plural mbretëreshat)

  1. queen (monarch or chess piece)
  2. wife of the king, queen consort
  3. queen bee
    Synonyms: matkë, parëz, bletë mëmë

Declension

Further reading

  • “mbretëreshë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • mbretëreshë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mbret”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 272
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