name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/
vīʹkount
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rhymes with -aʊnt
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
name
Meaning 2
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The title of a viscount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peer
7
noun
Meaning 7
(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
فيكونت
(vīkōnt)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Armenian:
վիկոնտ
(vikont)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Armenian:
դերկոմս
(derkoms)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Azerbaijani:
vikont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Breton:
beskont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Bulgarian:
вико́нт
(vikónt)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Catalan:
vescomte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Chinese Mandarin:
子爵
(zǐjué)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Czech:
vikomt
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Dutch:
burggraaf
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Esperanto:
vicgrafo
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Estonian:
vikont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Finnish:
varakreivi
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
French:
vicomte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Georgian:
ვიკონტი
(viḳonṭi)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
German:
Vicomte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Greek:
υποκόμης
(ypokómis)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Hungarian:
algróf
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Hungarian:
vikomt
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Icelandic:
vísigreifi
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Irish:
bíocunta
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Italian:
visconte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Italian:
viscontessa
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Japanese:
子爵
(shishaku)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Khmer:
ហ្លួង
(luəng)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Korean:
자작
(jajak)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Macedonian:
вико́нт
(vikónt)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Manchu:
ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᠨᡳ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ
(jingkini hafan)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Persian:
ویکنت
(vikont)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Polish:
wicehrabia
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Portuguese:
visconde
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Romanian:
viconte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Russian:
вико́нт
(vikónt)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Slovene:
viskont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Spanish:
vizconde
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Swedish:
vicomte
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Tagalog:
biskonde
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Turkish:
vikont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Ottoman Turkish:
ویقونت
(vikont)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Ukrainian:
віко́нт
(vikónt)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Uzbek:
vikont
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Vietnamese:
tử tước
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Welsh:
is-iarll
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
Yiddish:
וויקאָנט
(vikont)
— a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl