duchessa
Italian
Etymology
From
duca
+
-essa
(
“
-ess
”
,
feminine noun-forming suffix
)
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/duˈkes.sa/
Rhymes:
-essa
Hyphenation:
du‧chés‧sa
Audio
:
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Noun
duchessa
f
(
plural
duchesse
)
duchess
Descendants
→
Ottoman Turkish:
دوقسّه
(
dukessa
)
Turkish:
dukessa