abbess

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.ɛs/
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• General-American: /ˈæb.ɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈæb.ɛs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- Aramaic אַבָּאbor. Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba) Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs)der. Latin abbās Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Latin abbātissader. Old French abeesseder. Middle English abbesse English abbess From Middle English abbesse, from Old French abeesse (French abbesse), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, feminine of Latin abbas, abbatis (“abbot”).

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَئِيسِيَّة دَيْر — female superior of a nunnery
• Armenian: մայրապետ (mayrapet) — female superior of a nunnery
• Armenian: աբբայուհի (abbayuhi) — female superior of a nunnery
• Asturian: abadesa — female superior of a nunnery
• Basque: abadesa — female superior of a nunnery
• Belarusian: абаты́са (abatýsa) — female superior of a nunnery
• Breton: abadez — female superior of a nunnery
• Bulgarian: игуменка (igumenka) — female superior of a nunnery
• Catalan: abadessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Cornish: abases — female superior of a nunnery
• Czech: abatyše — female superior of a nunnery
• Danish: abbedisse — female superior of a nunnery
• Dutch: abdis — female superior of a nunnery
• Esperanto: abatino — female superior of a nunnery
• Estonian: abtiss — female superior of a nunnery
• Finnish: abbedissa — female superior of a nunnery
• French: abbesse — female superior of a nunnery
• Old French: abeesse — female superior of a nunnery
• Galician: abadesa — female superior of a nunnery
• Georgian: აბატისა (abaṭisa) — female superior of a nunnery
• German: Äbtissin — female superior of a nunnery
• German: Priorin — female superior of a nunnery
• German: Oberin — female superior of a nunnery
• Greek: ηγουμένη (igouméni) — female superior of a nunnery
• Hungarian: apácafőnöknő — female superior of a nunnery
• Hungarian: apátnő — female superior of a nunnery
• Icelandic: abbadís — female superior of a nunnery
• Ido: abadino — female superior of a nunnery
• Interlingua: Abbatessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Irish: ban-ab — female superior of a nunnery
• Irish: máthairab — female superior of a nunnery
• Italian: badessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Japanese: 尼僧院長 (nisōinchō) — female superior of a nunnery
• Latin: abbātissa — female superior of a nunnery
• Latvian: abate — female superior of a nunnery
• Lithuanian: abatė — female superior of a nunnery
• Macedonian: опатица (opatica) — female superior of a nunnery
• Macedonian: игуменија (igumenija) — female superior of a nunnery
• Manx: ard-chaillagh — female superior of a nunnery
• Manx: ard-chaillagh ghoo — female superior of a nunnery
• Manx: ard-ven reill — female superior of a nunnery
• Manx: ben abb — female superior of a nunnery
• Manx: moir abb — female superior of a nunnery
• Norman: abbêsse — female superior of a nunnery
• Norwegian Bokmål: abbedisse — female superior of a nunnery
• Norwegian Nynorsk: abbedisse — female superior of a nunnery
• Occitan: abadessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Old English: abbodesse — female superior of a nunnery
• Old Galician-Portuguese: abadessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Polish: przeorysza — female superior of a nunnery
• Polish: ksieni — female superior of a nunnery
• Polish: opatka — female superior of a nunnery
• Portuguese: abadessa — female superior of a nunnery
• Romanian: stareță — female superior of a nunnery
• Russian: аббати́са (abbatísa) — female superior of a nunnery
• Russian: настоя́тельница — female superior of a nunnery
• Russian: игу́менья (igúmenʹja) — female superior of a nunnery
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-aba — female superior of a nunnery
• Slovene: opatinja — female superior of a nunnery
• Spanish: abadesa — female superior of a nunnery
• Swedish: abbedissa — female superior of a nunnery
• Tagalog: abadesa — female superior of a nunnery
• Turkish: başrahibe — female superior of a nunnery
• Ukrainian: абати́са (abatýsa) — female superior of a nunnery
• Vietnamese: bà trưởng tu viện — female superior of a nunnery
• Vietnamese: nữ trưởng tu viện/ nữ trụ trì — female superior of a nunnery
• Volapük: jilepädan — female superior of a nunnery
• Welsh: abades — female superior of a nunnery
• Yiddish: אַבאַטיצע (abátitse) — female superior of a nunnery
• Yiddish: הויפּט־מאָנאַשקע (hóypt-monáshke) — female superior of a nunnery