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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

prince + -ess

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

princess (plural princesses)

1. The female monarch, or wife of a ruler, of a principality.

   "Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco."

2. The daughter of a king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, or another princess.
3. A beloved girl considered dainty; used as a term of endearment
4. A young woman considered vain or selfish; a prima donna

   "You're a real princess." (said disdainfully)

5. Princess seam is a seam with the line going over thee bust

[ Usage notes

The male equivalent is prince.

A princess is usually styled “Her Highness”. A princess in a royal family is “Her Royal Highness”; in an imperial family “Her Imperial Highness”.

[ Translations

Arabic: أمِيرَة (’amīra) f. Catalan: princesa f. Chinese: 公主 (gōng zhǔ) Croatian: princeza hr(hr) f. Czech: princezna cs(cs) f. Dutch: prinses nl(nl) f. Finnish: ruhtinatar (1), prinsessa (2) French: princesse fr(fr) f. German: Fürstin f. (1), Prinzessin f. (2) Greek: Ancient: βασίλεια f. Modern: πριγκήπισσα f. Hungarian: fejedelemasszony (1), hercegnő (2) Icelandic: prinsessa f., prinsipissa f. (obsolete) Irish: banfhlaith m. Italian: principessa it(it) f. Japanese: 姫 (ひめ, hime), 王妃 (おうひ, ōhi), 王女　(おうじょ,ōjo)

Korean: 공주 (gongju) Kurdish: dotmîr ku(ku) f. Latin: principissa f. Malayalam: രാജകുമാരി (raajakumaari) f. Novial: prinsa Polish: księżniczka f. Portuguese: princesa pt(pt) f. Russian: княгиня (knjagínja) f. (1), принцесса (princéssa) f. (2) Scottish Gaelic: bana-phrionnsa f., banfhlath f. Slovene: kneginja f. (1), princesa f. (2) Spanish: princesa es(es) f., infanta es(es) f. Tagalog: prinsesa Tamil: குமாரத்தி (kumārtti), இராசகுமாரி (irāckumāri) Telugu: రాజకుమారి (rAjakumAri), రాకుమారి (rAkumAri) Vietnamese: công chúa

[ Related terms

• princely
• principality

[ See also

• archduchess
• duchess
• grand duchess
• highness
• royal