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dogaressa

/ˌdoʊɡəˈɹɛsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dog-a-res-sa
IPA
/ˌdoʊɡəˈɹɛsə/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wife of a doge.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian dogaressa, from Venetan dogaresa, from Medieval Latin ducarissa, from the stem of Latin dūcātor (“leader”) and dūcāre (“to lead”) + -issa (feminine suffix). Doublet of dogess and duchess.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dogaresa, ducarissa, dūcātor

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌdoʊɡəˈɹɛsə/
  • British English: /ˌdəʊɡəˈɹɛsə/

Inflected Forms

dogaressas (plural)

Synonyms

dogess

Rhymes With

vanessa odessa tessa hesse contessa

Questions

How do you pronounce dogaressa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdoʊɡəˈɹɛsə/.
What does dogaressa mean?
The wife of a doge.
Where does dogaressa come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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