Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interpretess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-pret-ess
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female interpreter.

Dated

Example Sentences

"However, I chose to go incognito, to avoid any disputes about ceremony, and went in a Turkish coach, only attended by my woman, that held up my train, and the Greek lady, who was my interpretess."
"They were all (our interpretess whispered) the Sultan's "favourites," round-faced apricot-tinted girls in their teens, with high cheek-bones, full red lips, surprised brown eyes between curved-up Asiatic lids, and little brown hands fluttering out like birds from their brocaded sleeves."

Etymology

From interpreter + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: interpreter

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

interpretesses (plural) interpretress (alternative)

Questions

What does interpretess mean?: A female interpreter.
Where does interpretess come from?: From interpreter + -ess.

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