marchesa

Italian

marchesa (plural marchesas or marchese)

1. An Italian marchioness.

• Amachers, ceramahs

From Medieval Latin marchionissa, feminine form of marchion, from Late Latin marcha, from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”). Cognate with Sicilian marchisa.

• IPA^(key): /marˈke.sa/
• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: mar‧ché‧sa

marchesa f (plural marchese)

1. marchioness

• marchese

• marasche, maschera