dogaresse

French

Etymology

Italian dogaressa, fron Venetan dogaresa, from Medieval Latin ducarissa, from dux (“ruler”) +‎ -issa (feminine suffix), with an additional infix. By surface analysis, doge +‎ -esse. Doublet of duchesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ɡa.ʁɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

dogaresse f (plural dogaresses)

1. (historical) dogaressa, dogess (the wife of a doge)

   Synonym: dogesse

Further reading

• “dogaresse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

dogaresse f

1. plural of dogaressa

Anagrams

• degasserò, derogasse