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A female given name from English.
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Usage: Philippines, rare, regional
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A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
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A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
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A female ruler or monarch; a queen.
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Usage: archaic
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The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
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Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.
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A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
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A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
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Usage: US, derogatory
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A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
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A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
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A female lemur.
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A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.
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A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
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Topics: board-games, chess, games
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The title of a princess.
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a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
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Broader terms: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
Narrower terms: archduchess, crown princess, maharani, maharanee, princess royal, Dido, Sleeping Beauty
From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince + -ess.
Across languages
Translations 235 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
prinses
— female member of royal family
Albanian :
princeshë
— female member of royal family
Amharic :
ልዕልት
(ləʿlət)
— female member of royal family
Arabic :
أَمِيرَة
(ʔamīra)
— female member of royal family
Armenian :
արքայադուստր
(arkʻayadustr)
— female member of royal family
Assamese :
কুঁৱৰী
(kũwori)
— female member of royal family
Azerbaijani :
şahzadə
— female member of royal family
Basque :
printzesa
— female member of royal family
Belarusian :
прынцэ́са
(pryncésa)
— female member of royal family
Belarusian :
царэ́ўна
(caréwna)
— female member of royal family
Belarusian :
карале́ўна
(karaljéwna)
— female member of royal family
Bengali :
রাজকুমারী
(rajkumari)
— female member of royal family
Breton :
maelle
— female member of royal family
Breton :
priñsez
— female member of royal family
Bulgarian :
принце́са
(princésa)
— female member of royal family
Burmese :
မင်းသမီး
(mang:sa.mi:)
— female member of royal family
Catalan :
princesa
— female member of royal family
Cebuano :
prinsesa
— female member of royal family
Chichewa :
kalonga
— female member of royal family
Chinese Mandarin :
公主
(gōngzhǔ)
— female member of royal family
Chinese Mandarin :
王妃
(wángfēi)
— female member of royal family
East Circassian :
жан
(žan)
— female member of royal family
Coptic :
ϣⲉⲣⲓⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲱ
(šeriǹourō)
— female member of royal family
Corsican :
principessa
— female member of royal family
Czech :
princezna
— female member of royal family
Danish :
prinsesse
— female member of royal family
Dutch :
prinses
— female member of royal family
Esperanto :
reĝidino
— female member of royal family
Esperanto :
princino
— female member of royal family
Estonian :
printsess
— female member of royal family
Faroese :
kongsdóttir
— female member of royal family
Faroese :
kongadóttir
— female member of royal family
Faroese :
prinsessa
— female member of royal family
Finnish :
prinsessa
— female member of royal family
French :
princesse
— female member of royal family
West-Frisian :
prinsesse
— female member of royal family
Galician :
princesa
— female member of royal family
Georgian :
პრინცესა
(ṗrincesa)
— female member of royal family
German :
Prinzessin
— female member of royal family
German :
Königstochter
— female member of royal family
German :
Königsenkelin
— female member of royal family
Greek :
βασιλοπούλα
(vasilopoúla)
— female member of royal family
Gujarati :
રાજકુમારી
(rājkumārī)
— female member of royal family
Haitian Creole :
prensès
— female member of royal family
Hausa :
gimbiya
— female member of royal family
Hawaiian :
kamāliʻi wahine
— female member of royal family
Hebrew :
נְסִיכָה
(nesikhá)
— female member of royal family
Hiligaynon :
dayang
— female member of royal family
Hindi :
राजकुमारी
(rājkumārī)
— female member of royal family
Hindi :
शहज़ादी
(śahzādī)
— female member of royal family
Hindi :
राजकन्या
(rājkanyā)
— female member of royal family
Hungarian :
hercegnő
— female member of royal family
Icelandic :
prinsessa
— female member of royal family
Igbo :
ada eze
— female member of royal family
Indonesian :
putri
— female member of royal family
Indonesian :
puteri
— female member of royal family
Interlingua :
princessa
— female member of royal family
Irish :
banfhlaith
— female member of royal family
Irish :
iníon rí
— female member of royal family
Italian :
principessa
— female member of royal family
Japanese :
姫
(hime)
— female member of royal family
Japanese :
王女
(ōjo)
— female member of royal family
Japanese :
公主
(kōshu)
— female member of royal family
Javanese :
putri
— female member of royal family
Kapampangan :
lakangbini
— female member of royal family
Kapampangan :
pirinsesa
— female member of royal family
Kazakh :
ханзада
(xanzada)
— female member of royal family
Kazakh :
ханша
(xanşa)
— female member of royal family
Khmer :
រាជបុត្រី
(riəc botrəy)
— female member of royal family
Khmer :
ព្រះនាង
(prĕəh niəng)
— female member of royal family
Korean :
공주
(gongju)
— female member of royal family
Korean :
왕녀
(wangnyeo)
— female member of royal family
Northern Kurdish :
dotmîr
— female member of royal family
Kyrgyz :
канбийке
(kanbiyke)
— female member of royal family
Kyrgyz :
принцесса
(printsessa)
— female member of royal family
Lao :
ເຈົ້າຍິງ
(chng)
— female member of royal family
Latin :
filia regis
— female member of royal family
Latin :
regina
— female member of royal family
Latin :
principissa
— female member of royal family
Latvian :
princese
— female member of royal family
Lingao :
kuŋ3 tu1
— female member of royal family
Lithuanian :
princesė
— female member of royal family
Luxembourgish :
prinzessin
— female member of royal family
Macedonian :
принце́за
(princéza)
— female member of royal family
Malagasy :
andriambavy
— female member of royal family
Malay :
puteri
— female member of royal family
Malayalam :
രാജകുമാരി
(rājakumāri)
— female member of royal family
Maltese :
prinċipessa
— female member of royal family
Manchu :
ᡤᡠᠩᠵᡠ
(gungju)
— female member of royal family
Māori :
pirinihi
— female member of royal family
Maranao :
liamin
— female member of royal family
Marathi :
राजकुमारी
(rājkumārī)
— female member of royal family
Mongolian :
гүнж
(günž)
— female member of royal family
Mongolian :
ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩᠵᠦ
(güngǰü)
— female member of royal family
Nahuatl :
cīhuapīlli
— female member of royal family
Nahuatl :
siuapili
— female member of royal family
Nepali :
राजकुमारी
(rājakumārī)
— female member of royal family
Norman :
prîncêsse
— female member of royal family
Norwegian Bokmål :
prinsesse
— female member of royal family
Old Norse :
jungfrú
— female member of royal family
Old Norse :
dróttning
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شازادګۍ
(šazādgǝ́y)
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شازادۍ
(šazādǝ́y)
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شاهزادګۍ
(šāhzādgǝ́y)
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شاهزۍ
(šāhzǝ́y)
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شهزادګۍ
(šahzādgᶕy)
— female member of royal family
Pashto :
شهزادۍ
(šahzādǝ́y)
— female member of royal family
Persian :
شاهدخت
(šâhdoxt)
— female member of royal family
Polish :
księżniczka
— female member of royal family
Portuguese :
princesa
— female member of royal family
Punjabi :
ਰਾਜਕੁਮਾਰੀ
(rājkumārī)
— female member of royal family
Quechua :
ñust'a
— female member of royal family
Romanian :
prințesă
— female member of royal family
Russian :
принце́сса
(princéssa)
— female member of royal family
Russian :
царе́вна
(carévna)
— female member of royal family
Russian :
короле́вна
(korolévna)
— female member of royal family
Samoan :
purinisese
— female member of royal family
Scottish Gaelic :
bana-phrionnsa
— female member of royal family
Serbo-Croatian :
принце́за
— female member of royal family
Serbo-Croatian :
princéza
— female member of royal family
Sinhalese :
කුමරිය
(kumariya)
— female member of royal family
Slovak :
princezná
— female member of royal family
Slovene :
princesa
— female member of royal family
Somali :
amiirad
— female member of royal family
Spanish :
princesa
— female member of royal family
Spanish :
infanta
— female member of royal family
Spanish :
coya
— female member of royal family
Sundanese :
sang putri
— female member of royal family
Sundanese :
tuan putri
— female member of royal family
Sundanese :
putri raja
— female member of royal family
Swahili :
mtoto wa kike wa mfalme
— female member of royal family
Swedish :
prinsessa
— female member of royal family
Tagalog :
lakambini
— female member of royal family
Tagalog :
prinsesa
— female member of royal family
Tagalog :
dayangdayang
— female member of royal family
Tajik :
шоҳзодахоним
(šohzodaxonim)
— female member of royal family
Tajik :
шоҳдухтар
(šohduxtar)
— female member of royal family
Tajik :
шоҳдухт
(šohduxt)
— female member of royal family
Tamil :
இளவரசி
(iḷavaraci)
— female member of royal family
Tamil :
அரசகுமாரி
(aracakumāri)
— female member of royal family
Tatar :
принцесса
(printsessa)
— female member of royal family
Telugu :
యువరాణి
(yuvarāṇi)
— female member of royal family
Telugu :
ప్రిన్సెస్
(prinses)
— female member of royal family
Thai :
เจ้าหญิง
(jâao-yǐng)
— female member of royal family
Tibetan :
སྲས་མོ
(sras mo)
— female member of royal family
Tongan :
pilinisesi
— female member of royal family
Turkish :
prenses
— female member of royal family
Ottoman Turkish :
خانم
(hanum)
— female member of royal family
Turkmen :
şazada
— female member of royal family
Ukrainian :
принце́са
(pryncésa)
— female member of royal family
Ukrainian :
царі́вна
(carívna)
— female member of royal family
Ukrainian :
королі́вна
(korolívna)
— female member of royal family
Urdu :
شہزدی
(śahzadī)
— female member of royal family
Urdu :
راجکماری
(rājkumārī)
— female member of royal family
Uyghur :
مەلىكە
(melike)
— female member of royal family
Uyghur :
خانىكە
(xanike)
— female member of royal family
Uzbek :
malika
— female member of royal family
Uzbek :
prinsessa
— female member of royal family
Vietnamese :
công chúa
— female member of royal family
Vietnamese :
bà chúa
— female member of royal family
Volapük :
ledaut
— female member of royal family
Volapük :
jiplin
— female member of royal family
Walloon :
princesse
— female member of royal family
Welsh :
tywysoges
— female member of royal family
Yiddish :
פּרינצעסין
(printsesin)
— female member of royal family
Yiddish :
בת־מלכּה
(bas-malke)
— female member of royal family
Yoruba :
ọmọ alade
— female member of royal family
Zulu :
inkosazana class 9/6
— female member of royal family
Afrikaans :
koningin
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Armenian :
իշխանուհի
(išxanuhi)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Belarusian :
княгі́ня
(knjahínja)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Bulgarian :
княги́ня
(knjagínja)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Catalan :
princesa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Chechen :
сту
(stu)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Chinese Mandarin :
公主
(gōngzhǔ)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Chinese Mandarin :
王妃
(wángfēi)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Czech :
kněžna
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Dutch :
koningin
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Dutch :
prinses
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Esperanto :
princino
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Finnish :
ruhtinatar
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Finnish :
kuningatar
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Galician :
princesa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
German :
Fürstin
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Greek :
πριγκίπισσα
(prigkípissa)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Hebrew :
נְסִיכָה
(nesikhá)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Hindi :
रानी
(rānī)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Hindi :
महारानी
(mahārānī)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Hungarian :
fejedelemasszony
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Indonesian :
ratu
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Ingush :
сув
(suv)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Irish :
banphrionsa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Irish :
banfhlaith
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Japanese :
王妃
(ōhi)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Japanese :
皇女
(kōjo)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Kapampangan :
lakangbini
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Kapampangan :
pirinsesa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Korean :
왕비
(wangbi)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Latin :
regina
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Macedonian :
кнегиња
(kneginja)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Nahuatl :
cīhuatlahtoāni
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Nahuatl :
siuatlajtoani
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Norman :
prîncêsse
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Polish :
księżna
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Portuguese :
rainha
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Russian :
княги́ня
(knjagínja)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Russian :
принце́сса
(princéssa)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Scottish Gaelic :
bana-phrionnsa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Serbo-Croatian :
кнѐгиња
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Serbo-Croatian :
knèginja
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Slovak :
kňažná
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Slovene :
kneginja
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Spanish :
princesa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Spanish :
coya
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Swedish :
furstinna
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Tagalog :
prinsesa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Turkish :
prenses
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Ukrainian :
княги́ня
(knjahýnja)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Vietnamese :
công chúa
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Vietnamese :
công nữ
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Volapük :
plin
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Volapük :
jiplin
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Yiddish :
פּרינצעסין
(printsesin)
— female monarch, or wife of a ruler
Bulgarian :
принцеса
(princesa)
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Catalan :
princesa
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Finnish :
ruhtinatar
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Galician :
princesa
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
German :
Fürstin
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Hebrew :
בַּת לְמֶלֶכַּה
(ḇát̬ ləmélékáh)
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Hindi :
राजकुमारी
(rājkumārī)
— wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
Finnish :
prinsessa
— term of endearment for young girl
Finnish :
prinsessa
— young girl or woman who is vain, prima donna
Finnish :
prinsessa
— Tarot card
Bulgarian :
же́нски лему́р
(žénski lemúr)
— female lemur
Bulgarian :
лемурка
(lemúrka)
— female lemur
