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viscount

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/
  • vīʹkount
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊnt
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 S K AW0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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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6

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
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