abbess

Senso (Inglese)

1. A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
2. (British, archaic, slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

Concetti

badessa

superiora

priora

abbadessa

sinonimi

prioress

mother superior

prelatess

superior

Mother Superior

nun1

abbot

religious woman

mother

👩‍🍼

sister

👩‍👧

Traduzioni

abbesse

abadesa

abdis

abadessa

abbatissa

abadessa

Äbtissin

ηγουμένη

başrahibe

mère supérieure

Äbtin

Abtissin

baş rahibe

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈæb.ɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: abbesse

In summary

From Middle English abbesse, from Old French abeesse (French abbesse), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, feminine of Latin abbas, abbatis (“abbot”).