archduchess

English

Alternative forms

• archdutchess (obsolete)

Etymology

From French archiduchesse, feminine of archiduc, corresponding to archduke +‎ -ess or arch- +‎ duchess.

Pronunciation

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Noun

archduchess (plural archduchesses)

1. A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

   Coordinate term: archduke

   • 2007 February 25, William Shaw, “We Are Not a Muse”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     If that weren’t enough, in 1993 she married Karl von Habsburg, otherwise known as Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and the couple set up home in Salzburg, producing two archduchesses and an archduke.

Related terms

• archbishop
• duchess
• duke
• grand duchess
• grand duke

Translations

daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

• Arabic: أَرْشِيدُوقَة f (ʔaršīdūqa)
• Catalan: arxiduquessa (ca) f
• Czech: arcivévodkyně (cs) f
• Danish: ærkehertuginde c
• Dutch: aartshertogin (nl) f
• Esperanto: arkidukino
• Finnish: arkkiherttuatar
• French: archiduchesse (fr) f
• German: Erzherzogin (de) f
• Greek: αρχιδούκισσα (el) f (archidoúkissa)
• Italian: arciduchessa f
• Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះបរមរាជធីតាធិរាជ (sɑmdach preah bɑrom riech tʰiidaa tʰi’ riech)
• Latvian: erchercogiene f
• Macedonian: надвојвотка f (nadvojvotka)
• Manx: ard-ven-ghuic m
• Persian: آرشیدوشس (âršidušes)
• Polish: arcyksiężna (pl) f
• Portuguese: arquiduquesa f
• Russian: эрцгерцоги́ня (ru) f (ercgercogínja)
• Spanish: archiduquesa (es) f
• Swedish: ärkehertiginna (sv) c
• Tagalog: artsidukesa
• Thai: อาร์ชดัชเชส (áach-dát-chés)
• Turkish: arşidüşes (tr)
• Volapük: jidaledük (vo)

See also

• nobility
• royalty