princess

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princess

Etymology

From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪnˈsɛs/, /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/, /ˈpɹɪnsɪs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: (UK) -ɛs

Noun

princess (plural princesses)

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]
- 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin:
  She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age.
A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. [from 14th c.]
- 2014, Blake Masters, Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future:
  Michael Jackson was the king of pop. Britney Spears was the pop princess. Until they weren't.
(now archaic) A female ruler or monarch; a queen. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and Princesse naturall […]
The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. [from 15th c.]
Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.
A young girl; used as a term of endearment. [from 18th c.]
(derogatory, chiefly US) A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna. [from 20th c.]
- 2020 September 15, Justmaiko, 2:13 from the start, in Trying Viral TikTok Life Hacks. **They Actually Work!!**‎:
  Jonathan, if you hear this, you're a beautiful princess, but you're also a big, fat dork.
A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
A female lemur.
A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.

Usage notes

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

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female member of royal family

Afrikaans: prinses (af)
Albanian: princeshë (sq)
Amharic: ልዕልት (ləʿlət)
Arabic: أَمِيرَة f (ʔamīra)
Armenian: արքայադուստր (hy) (arkʻayadustr)
Assamese: কুঁৱৰী (kũwori)
Azerbaijani: şahzadə
Basque: printzesa
Belarusian: прынцэ́са f (pryncésa), царэ́ўна f (caréŭna) (daughter of a tsar), карале́ўна f (karaljéŭna) (daughter of a king)
Bengali: রাজকুমারী (bn) (rajkumari)
Breton: maelle, priñsez (br) f
Bulgarian: принце́са (bg) f (princésa)
Burmese: မင်းသမီး (my) (mang:sa.mi:)
Catalan: princesa (ca)
Cebuano: prinsesa
Chichewa: kalonga
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公主 (zh) (gōngzhǔ), 王妃 (zh) (wángfēi)
Coptic: ϣⲉⲣⲓⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲱ f (šeriǹourō)
Corsican: principessa
Czech: princezna (cs) f
Danish: prinsesse (da)
Dutch: prinses (nl) f
Esperanto: reĝidino, princino
Estonian: printsess
Faroese: kongsdóttir f, kongadóttir f, prinsessa f
Finnish: prinsessa (fi)
French: princesse (fr) f
Galician: princesa (gl)
Georgian: პრინცესა (ṗrincesa)
German: Prinzessin (de) f, Königstochter (de) f (literally “king's daughter”), Königsenkelin f
Greek: βασιλοπούλα (el) f (vasilopoúla)
Gujarati: રાજકુમારી (rājkumārī)
Haitian Creole: prensès
Hausa: gimbiya
Hawaiian: kamāliʻi wahine
Hebrew: נְסִיכָה (he) f (nesikhá)
Hiligaynon: dayang
Hindi: राजकुमारी f (rājkumārī), शहज़ादी (śahzādī), राजकन्या (hi) f (rājkanyā)
Hungarian: hercegnő (hu)
Icelandic: prinsessa (is) f
Igbo: ada eze
Indonesian: putri (id) f, puteri (id) f
Interlingua: princessa
Irish: banfhlaith f, iníon rí f
Italian: principessa (it) f
Japanese: 姫 (ja) (ひめ, hime), 王女 (ja) (おうじょ, ōjo), 公主 (ja) (こうしゅ, kōshu)
Javanese: putri (jv)
Kabardian: жан (kbd) (žan)
Kapampangan: lakangbini, pirinsesa
Kazakh: ханзада (xanzada), ханша (xanşa)
Khmer: រាជបុត្រី (riəc botrəy), ព្រះនាង (prĕəh niəng)
Korean: 공주(公主) (ko) (gongju), 왕녀(王女) (ko) (wangnyeo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dotmîr (ku) f
Kyrgyz: канбийке (kanbiyke), принцесса (printsessa)
Lao: ເຈົ້າຍິງ (chao nying)
Latin: filia regis f, regina (la) f
Latvian: princese f
Lithuanian: princesė f
Luxembourgish: prinzessin
Macedonian: принце́за f (princéza)
Malagasy: andriambavy (mg)
Malay: puteri (ms)
Malayalam: രാജകുമാരി (rājakumāri)
Maltese: prinċipessa
Manchu: ᡤᡠᠩᠵᡠ (gungju)
Maori: pirinihi
Maranao: liamin
Marathi: राजकुमारी (rājkumārī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гүнж (mn) (günž)

Mongolian: ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩᠵᠦ (güngǰü)
Nahuatl: cīhuapīlli, siuapili (nah)
Nepali: राजकुमारी (ne) (rājakumārī)
Norman: prîncêsse f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prinsesse f
Old Norse: jungfrú f, dróttning f
Ottoman Turkish: خانم (hanum)
Pashto: شازادګۍ f (šazādgǝ́y), شازادۍ f (šazādǝ́y), شاهزادګۍ f (šāhzādgǝ́y), شاهزۍ (ps) f (šāhzǝ́y), شهزادګۍ f (šahzādgᶕy), شهزادۍ f (šahzādǝ́y)
Persian: شاهدخت (fa) (šâhdoxt)
Polish: księżniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: princesa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਰਾਜਕੁਮਾਰੀ (rājkumārī)
Quechua: ñust'a
Romanian: prințesă (ro) f
Russian: принце́сса (ru) f (princéssa), царе́вна (ru) f (carévna) (daughter of a tsar), короле́вна (ru) f (korolévna) (daughter of a king)
Samoan: purinisese
Scottish Gaelic: bana-phrionnsa f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: принце́за f

Roman: princéza (sh) f
Sinhalese: කුමරිය (kumariya)
Slovak: princezná f
Slovene: princesa (sl) f
Somali: amiirad
Spanish: princesa (es), infanta (es) f
Sundanese: sang putri, tuan putri, putri raja
Swahili: mtoto wa kike wa mfalme
Swedish: prinsessa (sv) c
Tagalog: lakambini, prinsesa (tl), dayangdayang
Tajik: шоҳзодахоним (šohzodaxonim), шоҳдухтар (šohduxtar), шоҳдухт (šohduxt)
Tamil: இளவரசி (ta) (iḷavaraci), அரசகுமாரி (aracakumāri)
Tatar: принцесса (printsessa)
Telugu: యువరాణి (te) (yuvarāṇi), ప్రిన్సెస్ (prinses)
Thai: เจ้าหญิง (th) (jâao-yǐng)
Tibetan: སྲས་མོ (sras mo)
Tongan: pilinisesi
Turkish: prenses (tr) f
Turkmen: şazada
Ukrainian: принце́са f (pryncésa), царі́вна (uk) f (carívna) (daughter of a tsar), королі́вна (uk) f (korolívna) (daughter of a king)
Urdu: شہزدی f (śahzadī), راجکماری f (rājkumārī)
Uyghur: مەلىكە (melike), خانىكە (xanike)
Uzbek: malika (uz), prinsessa
Vietnamese: công chúa (vi) (公主 (vi)), bà chúa (vi)
Volapük: ledaut (vo), jiplin (vo)
Walloon: princesse (wa) f
Welsh: tywysoges (cy)
West Frisian: prinsesse
Yiddish: פּרינצעסין f (printsesin), בת־מלכּה f (bas-malke)
Yoruba: ọmọ alade
Zulu: inkosazana class 9/6

woman or girl who excels in a given field or class

female monarch, or wife of a ruler

Afrikaans: koningin (af) f
Armenian: իշխանուհի (hy) (išxanuhi)
Belarusian: княгі́ня f (knjahínja)
Bulgarian: княги́ня (bg) f (knjagínja)
Catalan: princesa (ca) f
Chechen: сту (stu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公主 (zh) (gōngzhǔ), 王妃 (zh) (wángfēi)
Czech: kněžna (cs) f
Dutch: koningin (nl) f, prinses (nl) f
Esperanto: princino
Finnish: ruhtinatar; kuningatar (fi) (queen)
Galician: princesa (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Fürstin (de) f
Greek: πριγκίπισσα (el) f (prigkípissa)
Hebrew: נְסִיכָה (he) f (nesikhá)
Hungarian: fejedelemasszony (hu)
Indonesian: ratu (id) f
Ingush: сув (suv)
Irish: banphrionsa m, banfhlaith m
Japanese: 王妃 (ja) (おうひ, ōhi), 皇女 (ja) (こうじょ, kōjo)
Kapampangan: lakangbini, pirinsesa
Korean: 왕비(王妃) (ko) (wangbi)
Latin: regina (la) f
Macedonian: кнегиња f (kneginja)
Nahuatl: cīhuatlahtoāni, siuatlajtoani
Norman: prîncêsse f
Polish: księżna (pl) f
Portuguese: rainha (pt) f
Russian: княги́ня (ru) f (knjagínja), принце́сса (ru) f (princéssa)
Scottish Gaelic: bana-phrionnsa f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кнѐгиња f

Roman: knèginja (sh) f
Slovak: kňažná f
Slovene: kneginja (sl) f
Spanish: princesa (es)
Swedish: furstinna (sv) c
Tagalog: prinsesa (tl)
Turkish: prenses (tr) f
Ukrainian: княги́ня f (knjahýnja)
Vietnamese: công chúa (vi) (公主 (vi)), công nữ (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) plin (vo), (♂) jiplin (vo)
Yiddish: פּרינצעסין f (printsesin)

wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality

Bulgarian: принцеса (bg) f (princesa)
Finnish: ruhtinatar
Galician: princesa (gl) f
German: Fürstin (de) f
Hebrew: בַּת לְמֶלֶכַּה f (ḇát̬ ləmélékáh)

term of endearment for young girl

Finnish: prinsessa (fi)

young girl or woman who is vain, prima donna

Finnish: prinsessa (fi)

tinted crystal marble

Tarot card

Finnish: prinsessa (fi)

female lemur

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Ancient Greek: ^{(please verify)} βασίλεια f (basíleia)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} princesa (ca) f
French: ^{(please verify)} princesse (fr) f
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} prinsessa (is) f, (obsolete) ^{(please verify)} prinsipissa f
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} dotmîr (ku) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} principissa f
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} രാജകുമാരി f (rājakumāri)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} شاهزاده‌خانم (šâhzâde-xânom)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} princeza (sh) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} princesa (es) f, ^{(please verify)} infanta (es) f
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} குமாரத்தி (ta) (kumāratti), ^{(please verify)} இராசகுமாரி (irācakumāri)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} రాజకుమారి (te) (rājakumāri), ^{(please verify)} రాకుమారి (te) (rākumāri)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} công chúa (vi) (公主 (vi))

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