abadessa
Portuguese, noun
abadessa is spelled A-B-A-D-E-S-S-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abadessa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “abbess (female superior of a nunnery); female equivalent of abade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of abadessar. With an accent, abadêssa is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prelada maior, superiora ou prioresa de certas comunidades de religiosas; feminino de abade; detentora do…”.
What does abadessa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabbess (female superior of a nunnery); female equivalent of abade
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of abadessa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prelada maior, superiora ou prioresa de certas comunidades de religiosas; feminino de abade; detentora do cargo do abadessado 2. mulher excessivamente alta e gorda 3. dona ou gerente de prostíbulo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abadessa
- abadessas plural
- abadêssa alternative
- abbadessa alternative
- abadêssas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abadessa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abadessa in Portuguese?
abadessa appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).