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# How to pronounce "countesse" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/kæʊntɛss/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **coun·tesse**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Obsolete spelling of countess.
  - *Example*: "There were then alſo preſent (to honor the Infanta) the Counteſſe of Mansfeldt, daughter to the Earle of Egmond, the Counteſſe of Aremberghe, the Marqueſſe of Berghen, the Counteſſe of Egmont, the Counteſſes of Barlaimont, Lalaine, Solue, Boſſu, Fontenay, Berghe, Bye, Eſſingen, Freſſin and Bruay, the Counteſſe of Saint Aldegonde, the Counteſſe of Baſſigny, and the Counteſſe of Maleſpina."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (10 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "countesse" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Of course, Constantia sang wonderfully. Her low be came out so magnificently spoke of the halfund countesses in Europe who claimed to have held the dying shaped their arms. In reality, he died in Goodmans, raising that pupil's"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 114:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWg9JDU1oM&t=6880s)

### Example 2
> "these interminable countesses and princesses of Shopan. For Nykes, who could not at first discern its worth, it suggests a titan in commotion. It is"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 562:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWg9JDU1oM&t=33768s)

### Example 3
> "Playing in a charmed and beitching circle of countesses surrounded by the luxury and the praise that kilts, Shopa is a much more natural figure, yet he"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 86:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWg9JDU1oM&t=5218s)

### Example 4
> "against me I sought my ideal of a woman amongst English ladies French countesses"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 275:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfgh16Otys&t=16520s)

### Example 5
> "met loving noble high-minded men but I have not yet met any women countesses or"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 119:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1w5jtUo3o&t=7198s)

### Example 6
> "But I tried different things. I even had a French boyfriend who helped this one little restaurant in the Countesses apartment and had all kinds of adventures."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 20:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSLWwfBKF0A&t=1258s)

### Example 7
> "make significant changes. America made sure that there would never be a formal nobility, except for the Count of Chocula. And, it recognized the equal rights of daughters and widows, when it came to inheriting and possessing property. Also, it created a world in which future countesses could rehabilitate their reputations in New York."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUiSBXQHCw&t=565s)

### Example 8
> "the apothecary meant. Moreover, this is a countess. And when countesses serve as"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 677:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtn2tv8L57k&t=40658s)

### Example 9
> "donor Rodriguez, who is present may answer, "My lady, the duchess has Dwanas in her service that might be countesses if it were the will of fortune, but laws"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 677:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtn2tv8L57k&t=40674s)

### Example 10
> "but exquisite exemplars of social intimacy and aristocratic abandon. As Schumann declared, the dancers of these voses should be at least countesses."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 358:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWg9JDU1oM&t=21491s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [could](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/could), [county](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/county), [country](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/country), [council](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/council), [course](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/course)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "countesse" correctly?
"countesse" is pronounced `/kæʊntɛss/`. Syllable breakdown: **coun·tesse**.

### What does "countesse" mean in context?
Obsolete spelling of countess.

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