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{{also|Countess}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|Countess}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|xno|cuntesse}}, {{der|en|fro|contesse}}, from {{der|en|la|comitessa}}; equivalent to {{suffix|en|count|ess|nocat=1}}. {{doublet|en|contessa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkaʊntɪs/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-countess.ogg|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The wife of a [[count]] or [[earl]].
# A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an [[earldom]].
#: {{ux|en|Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th '''Countess''' of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|the wife of an earl|a female holder of an earldom}}<!--i.e., not of a count--> {{l|en|earless}} {{q|nonstandard}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|en|comtesse|t=French countess}}
* {{l|en|contessa|t=Italian countess}}
* {{l|en|gräfin|t=German countess}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Countess Wear}}
*{{l|en|countessly}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|wife of a count or earl}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոմսուհի}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qrafinya}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|графі́ня|f}}, {{t|be|грапі́ня|f}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kontez|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|графи́ня|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|comtessa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|伯爵夫人|tr=bójué fūrén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hraběnka|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|grevinde|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gravin|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|grafino}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kreivitär}}
* French: {{t+|fr|comtesse|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|condesa|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gräfin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμισσα|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|kauna wahine}}, {{t|haw|kaunakeke}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|רוזנת|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|grófnő}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|greifafrú|f}}, {{t|is|greifynja|f}}, {{t|is|jarlsfrú|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cuntaois|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|contessa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|伯爵婦人|tr=はくしゃくふじん, hakushaku fujin|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|comitessa|f}}, {{t|la|cometissa|f}}, {{t|la|cometessa|f}}, {{t|la|comitissa|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|grāfiene|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|grafienė|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|грофица|f}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|काउन्टेस|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|grevinne|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|grevinne|f}}
* Old French: {{t|fro|contesse|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|hrabina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|condessa|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|contesă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|графи́ня|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ban-iarla|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|грофица|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|grofica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|cuntissa|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|grófka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|grofica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|condesa|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|grevinna|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|kondesa}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kontes}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|графи́ня|f}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|grafinya}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|bá tước phu nhân}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גראַפֿין|f}}, {{t|yi|גראַפֿיניע|f}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cenosstu|Scoutens|contuses}}

{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -ess (female)|terms suffixed with -ess (wife)}}
{{C|en|Nobility|Female people}}
{{cln|en|female equivalent nouns}}