Definition of Princess

I decided to look up the definition of princess. I've been called la princesa my whole life. It's kind of ironic that it's recently become such a fad. I found these on Dictionary.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source

prin·cess (prĭn'sĭs, -sěs', prĭn-sěs') Pronunciation Key n. A woman member of a royal family other than the monarch, especially a daughter of a monarch. A woman who is a ruler of a principality. A woman who is a hereditary ruler; a queen. A noblewoman of varying status or rank. The wife of a prince. A woman regarded as having the status or qualities of a princess. adj. Designed to hang in smooth, close-fitting, unbroken lines from shoulder to flared hem: a princess dress. [Middle English princesse, from Old French, feminine of prince, prince; see prince.]

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I loved the examples of how to spell princesa in different languages.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
princess1 [prinˈses, (American) ˈprinsəs] noun
the wife or widow of a prince

Arabic: زَوجَة أو أرمَلَة الأمير، أميرَه Chinese (Simplified): 亲王夫人（或公爵夫人） Chinese (Traditional): 親王夫人(或公爵夫人) Czech: kněžna Danish: prinsesse Dutch: prinses Estonian: vürstinna Finnish: ruhtinatar French: princesse German: die Prinzessin Greek: πριγκίπισσα Hungarian: hercegné Icelandic: prinsessa Indonesian: istri pangeran Italian: principessa

Japanese: 王女 Korean: 왕자비 Latvian: princese; valdniece Lithuanian: princesė, kunigaikštienė Norwegian: prinsesse, fyrstinne Polish: księżna Portuguese (Brazil): princesa Portuguese (Portugal): princesa Romanian: prinţesă Russian: княгиня Slovak: kňažná Slovenian: kneginja Spanish: princesa Swedish: prinsessa Turkish: prenses