countess
pronunciation
How to pronounce countess in British English:
UK [ˈkaʊntəs]
How to pronounce countess in American English:
US [ˈkaʊntɪs]
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- Noun:
- female equivalent of a count or earl
Word Origin
- countess (n.)
- mid-12c., adopted in Anglo-French for "the wife of an earl," from Medieval Latin cometissa, fem. of Latin comes "count" (see count (n.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Then she hides nearby and puts on the countess 's cloak .
- 2. Barbarina and some peasant girls , including cherubino in disguise , come to serenade the countess .
- 3. Gunther iv : while gunther , a german shephard , technically received his inheritance from his father , gunther iii , also a german shepherd , the money came from karlotta liebenstein , a german countess .
- 4. When the count and countess return , she finally admits that cherubino is in the closet , claiming that it was just a joke .
- 5. Now antonio the gardener barges in , complaining that someone jumped from the countess 's balcony onto his flower garden .