abadessa

See also: abadêssa

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ə.βəˈðe̞.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈðə.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈðɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.baˈðe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βaˈðe.sa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

Noun

abadessa f (plural abadesses, masculine abat, masculine plural abats)

1. abbess

Related terms

• abacial (“abbatial”, adjective)
• abadia (“abbey; abbacy”)
• abat (“abbot”)

Further reading

• “abadessa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “abadessa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

Noun

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

Related terms

• abá

Italian

Alternative forms

• abbadessa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈdes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dés‧sa

Noun

abadessa f (plural abadesse, masculine abate)

1. (archaic) alternative form of badessa

Further reading

• abadessa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈde.s̺a/

Noun

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

Related terms

• abade
• abadia

Descendants

• Galician: abadesa
• Portuguese: abadessa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”).

Alternative forms

• abadêssa (pre-reform spelling)
• abbadessa (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈde.sɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈde.sɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈðe.sɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈde.sɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈðe.sɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈde.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -esɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

Noun

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery); female equivalent of abade

Related terms

• abade
• abadia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• abbadessa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈdɛ.sɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈdɛ.sɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈðɛ.sɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈdɛ.sɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈðɛ.sɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈdɛ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

Verb

abadessa

1. inflection of abadessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “abadessa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abadessa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026