abadesa

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

• IPA^(key): /abades̺a/, [a.β̞a.ð̞e̞.s̺a]

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abadesa

1. abbess

• "abadesa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “abadesa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abadessa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

• IPA^(key): [aβaˈðesɐ]

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• abade
• abadía

• “abadessa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abadessa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abadesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abadesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• “abadesa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

abadésa

1. abbess

From Old Spanish abbadesa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdesa/ [a.β̞aˈð̞e.sa]

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• abad
• abadía

• → Basque: abadesa
• → Hiligaynon: abadesa

• “abad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014