principessa

American  

[prin-chi-pes-uh, prin-si-pes-uh] / ˌprɪn tʃɪˈpɛs ə, ˌprɪn sɪˈpɛs ə /

noun

principessas plural

1. (in Italian) princess.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• principessas
  plural

Example Sentences

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principessa principessas

"Principessa, principessa," chanted some of the children in the crowd, as a big black BMW drew up in a convoy of police vehicles.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Later, in Rome, she speaks of tracking down a tiara belonging to an Italian principessa for a Chinese businesswoman, who, having made her fortune, had decided to start collecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2016

In the village of Duino—a thirty-minute drive north of the city center—I visited the 14th-century castle, still occupied by the local principessa and her family, though the majority of the estate is a museum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2015

“Myself,” I said, and we clinked glasses and she called my wife the new principessa, whatever that meant.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2012

"But excuse me, principessa," persisted the scowling man, "a feud is a feud, and if he has slain our Giuse—" "Attend to me, sir," I broke in.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The show Wednesday was an orgy of gorgeousness, inspired by the refined elegance of the palazzo principessas in Gucci’s heyday.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2012

Now they are back together again, offering a double portion of the pale palette, polished perspective and high-waisted principessas painted by the anonymous 15th century artist known only as "the Master of the Barberini Panels."

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not find that series of apparent principessas or imaginable marchesas leaning at their lovely lengths in their landaus.

From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean