abadessa

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, from Latin abbas.

abadessa f (plural abadesses)

1. abbess

• “abadessa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• abbadessa

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈdes.a/, [äbäˈd̪es̪s̪ä]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dés‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadesse)

1. Archaic form of badessa.

• abadessa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“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 Portuguese abadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.ba.ˈde.sa/, /ˌa.ba.ˈde.sɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.bɐ.ˈde.sɐ/, [ˌa.βɐ.ˈðe.sɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery)

• abade
• abadia