marquesa

Catalan

Etymology

From marquès (“marquess”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mərˈkɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mərˈkə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈke.za]
• Rhymes: -ɛza

Noun

marquesa f (plural marqueses)

1. female equivalent of marquès
2. a marchioness (the wife of a marquis)

Usage notes

• As with many female noble titles, this term can mean either a woman who holds such a title in her own right, or the wife of a man who holds the equivalent male title.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈke.zɐ/ [mahˈke.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈke.zɐ/ [mahˈke.zɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈke.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈke.zɐ/ [maχˈke.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈke.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈke.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: mar‧que‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French marquise.

Noun

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. Alternative form of marquise
2. examination table

Etymology 2

From marquês (“marquess”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Noun

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. female equivalent of marquês, marchioness (wife of a marquess)

Spanish

Etymology

From marqués (“marquess”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix); compare French marquise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈkesa/ [maɾˈke.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: mar‧que‧sa

Noun

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. female equivalent of marqués (“marchioness”)

Noun

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. (Chile) bedframe

Further reading

• “marquesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28