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English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-princess.ogg

Noun

1. The female monarch, or wife of a ruler, of a principality.
2. : "Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco."
3. The daughter of a king, queen, emperor, empress, prince, or another princess.
4. A beloved girl considered dainty; used as a term of endearment
5. A young woman considered vain or selfish; a prima donna
6. : "You're a real princess." (said disdainfully)
7. Princess seam is a seam with the line going over the bust

Usage notes

The male equivalent is prince.

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

Translations

• Arabic: {{Arab|اميرة|أمِيرَة}} (’amīra)
• Catalan: princesa
• Chinese: 公主 (gōng zhǔ)
• Croatian: {{t-|hr|princeza|f}}
• Czech: {{t-|cs|princezna|f}}
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|prinses|f}}
• Finnish: ruhtinatar (1), prinsessa (2)
• French: {{t+|fr|princesse|f}}
• German: Fürstin (1), Prinzessin (2)
• Greek:
• : Ancient: βασίλεια
• : Modern: πριγκήπισσα
• Hungarian: fejedelemasszony (1), hercegnő (2)
• Icelandic: prinsessa , prinsipissa
• Irish: banfhlaith
• Italian: {{t+|it|principessa|f}}
• Japanese: 姫 (ひめ, hime), 王妃 (おうひ, ōhi), 王女　(おうじょ,ōjo)

• Korean: 공주 (gongju)
• Kurdish: {{t|ku|dotmîr|f}}
• Latin: principissa
• Malayalam: രാജകുമാരി (raajakumaari)
• Novial: prinsa
• Polish: księżniczka
• Portuguese: {{t-|pt|princesa|f}}
• Russian: княгиня (knjagínja) (1), принцесса (princéssa) (2)
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-phrionnsa , banfhlath
• Slovene: kneginja (1), princesa (2)
• Spanish: {{t-|es|princesa|f}}, {{t+|es|infanta|f}}
• Tagalog: prinsesa
• Tamil: குமாரத்தி (kumārtti), இராசகுமாரி (irāckumāri)
• Telugu: రాజకుమారి (rAjakumAri), రాకుమారి (rAkumAri)
• Vietnamese: công chúa

Related terms

• princely
• principality

See also

• archduchess
• duchess
• grand duchess
• highness
• royal

Category:Terms of endearment

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