English
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/
- 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.]
- 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!!**[1]: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”.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
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 (caréwna) (daughter of a tsar), карале́ўна f (karaljéwna) (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 (chng)
- 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) f, infanta (es) f, coya 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
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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)
- Hindi: रानी (hi) f (rānī), महारानी f (mahārānī)
- 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) f, coya f
- 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)
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wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality
term of endearment for young girl
young girl or woman who is vain, prima donna
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