Russian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪnˈt͡sɛs(ː)ə]
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Noun

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принце́сса (princéssaf anim (genitive принце́ссы, nominative plural принце́ссы, genitive plural принце́сс, masculine принц)

  1. female equivalent of принц (princ): princess

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: პრინცესა (ṗrincesa)

References

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