princesa

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa
• Rhymes: -esa

princesa f

1. princess

• principe

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾinˈsɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾinˈsə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾinˈse.za]

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princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

• príncep

• “princesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “princesa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “princesa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Inherited from Spanish princesa.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/, [pɾĩnˈse.sa]
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa

1. princess

• principe

Borrowed from German Prinzess.

• IPA^(key): /prinˈt͡sɛ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (male equivalent princ, diminutive princeska)

1. (rare) princess

   Synonym: ksãżnô

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “princesa”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “księżna”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “princesa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• princeza (pre-standardization spelling)

Borrowed from French princesse.

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• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Duas faces de uma medalha [Two sides of a coin]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 158:

     Ninguem fallava em torno d’ella senão em dinheiro, e no entanto ella, que vivia n’um voluptuoso ninho de princeza de conto de fadas, tinha pelo dinheiro em si o mais soberano desdem.

     No one around her spoke of anything but money, and yet she, who lived in a voluptuous nest like a fairy-tale princess, held the most sovereign disdain for money itself.

   • 1930 February 11, “O perfil politico de Isabel [Isabel’s political profile]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXIX, number 10775, Rio de Janeiro, page 4:

     A princeza regente encarou a situação com uma notavel firmeza de animo. A idéa de acabar com a escravidão em nosso paiz era tão firme e tão arraigada no seu espirito, que não exitou^[sic] de a collocar acima da propria conservação do throno, o throno que lhe viria a caber.

     The princess regent faced the situation with remarkable steadfastness of mind. The idea of putting an end to slavery in our country was so firm and so deeply rooted in her spirit that she did not hesitate to place it above even the preservation of the throne itself, the throne that was to be hers.

2. (informal) princess, a beautiful woman

   Você é uma princesa ― You're a beautiful woman!

3. (informal) a young girl; used as a term of endearment

   Oi, princesa! ― Hello, darling!

• príncipe
• princeso (informal)

• Papiamentu: prinsesa

• “princesa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “princesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /print͡séːsa/

princẹ̑sa f (male equivalent prȋnc)

1. princess (the daughter of a monarch)

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/ [pɾĩn̟ˈθe.sa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ [pɾĩnˈse.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess

   Synonym: infanta

• Chavacano: princesa
• → Basque: printzesa
• → Cebuano: prinsesa
• → Tagalog: prinsesa

• “príncipe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025