"Tess" meaning in English

See Tess in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /tɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tess.wav
enPR: tĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tess
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Teresa. Categories (topical): English diminutives of female given names, English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Tess-en-name-Mzj6K0dz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /tɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tess.wav Forms: Tesses [plural]
enPR: tĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: Borrowed from German Tess, a variant of Tesch. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Tess}} German Tess Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Tess (plural Tesses)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Tess-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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