viscount

See also: Viscount

English

Alternative forms

V (symbol)
Vis., Visc. (abbreviations)
Visct, Vte (contractions)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/, enPR: vīʹkount
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

viscount (plural viscounts, feminine viscountess)

A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

Translations

a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl

Armenian: վիկոնտ (hy) (vikont), դերկոմս (hy) (derkoms)
Breton: beskont (br) m
Bulgarian: вико́нт m (vikónt)
Catalan: vescomte (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 子爵 (zh) (zǐjué)
Czech: vikomt (cs) m
Dutch: burggraaf (nl) m
Esperanto: vicgrafo
Estonian: vikont
Finnish: varakreivi (fi)
French: vicomte (fr) m
Georgian: ვიკონტი (viḳonṭi)
German: Vicomte (de) m
Greek: υποκόμης (el) m (ypokómis)
Hungarian: algróf, vikomt
Icelandic: vísigreifi m
Italian: visconte (it) m, viscontessa f
Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (ししゃく, shishaku)
Khmer: ហ្លួង (km) (luəng)
Korean: 자작 (ko) (jajak) (子爵 (ko))
Macedonian: вико́нт m (vikónt)
Manchu: ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᠨᡳ
ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (jingkini hafan)
Polish: wicehrabia (pl) m
Portuguese: visconde (pt) m
Romanian: viconte (ro) m
Russian: вико́нт (ru) m (vikónt)
Slovene: viskont m
Spanish: vizconde (es)
Swedish: vicomte c
Tagalog: biskonde
Ukrainian: віко́нт m (vikónt)
Vietnamese: tử tước (vi) (子爵)

See also

(female form or wife): viscountess
(adjectival form): vicontiel
(related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, marquess, prince
viscountcy
viscounty

Further reading

viscount on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

vicounts

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