marquesa

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

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

marquesa f (plural marqueses)

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

• 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.

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

Borrowed from French marquise.^[1][2]

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. alternative form of marquise
2. examination table

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

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

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

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

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

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. female equivalent of marqués (“marchioness”)

marquesa f (plural marquesas)

1. (Chile) bedframe

• “marquesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024