baroness

English

Etymology

From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

baroness (plural baronesses)

1. The wife of a baron.
2. A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

Hyponyms

• baronessa (“Italian baroness”)
• baronne (“French baroness”)

Related terms

• baroness-in-waiting
• baronetess

Translations

the wife of a baron

• Finnish: paronitar (fi)
• Polish: baronowa (pl) f
• Turkish: barones (tr)

female ruler of a barony

• Albanian: baroneshë (sq) f
• Armenian: բարոնուհի (baronuhi)
• Asturian: baronesa (ast) f
• Catalan: baronessa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男爵夫人 (nánjué fūrén), 女性男爵 (nǚxìng nánjué)

• Czech: baronka (cs) f
• Danish: baronesse
• Dutch: barones (nl) f
• Esperanto: baronino
• Estonian: paruness
• Finnish: vapaaherratar, paronitar (fi)
• French: baronne (fr) f
• Galician: baronesa f
• German: Baronin (de) f, Baronesse f
• Greek: βαρόνη (el) f (varóni)
• Hawaiian: pālona wahine, barona wahine
• Hungarian: bárónő (hu), báróné (hu), baronesz, bárókisasszony (hu)
• Ido: baronino (io), barono (io)
• Irish: banbharún m
• Italian: baronessa (it) f
• Latvian: baronese, brīvkundze
• Lithuanian: baronienė (lt) f
• Macedonian: бароница f (baronica), баронеса f (baronesa)
• Marathi: बॅरनेस f (bĕrnes)
• Norman: bâronne f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baronesse m or f

  Nynorsk: baronesse f

• Persian: بارونس (bârones)
• Polish: baronessa (pl) f
• Portuguese: baronesa (pt) f
• Russian: бароне́сса (ru) f (baronéssa)
• Sicilian: barunissa f
• Slovak: barónka (sk) f
• Slovene: baronica f
• Spanish: baronesa f
• Swedish: baronessa (sv) c
• Turkish: barones (tr)
• Volapük: jibaonan (vo)

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