"viscount" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/ Audio: en-uk-viscount.ogg Forms: viscounts [plural]
enPR: vīʹkount Etymology: From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|vicecomes}} Medieval Latin vicecomes, {{der|en|la|vice}} Latin vice, {{doublet|en|vicecomes|vicomte}} Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte Head templates: {{en-noun}} viscount (plural viscounts)
  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl. Translations (a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl): فيكونت (vīkōnt) [masculine] (Arabic), վիկոնտ (vikont) (Armenian), դերկոմս (derkoms) (Armenian), vikont (Azerbaijani), beskont [masculine] (Breton), вико́нт (vikónt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vescomte [masculine] (Catalan), 子爵 (zǐjué) (Chinese Mandarin), vikomt [masculine] (Czech), burggraaf [masculine] (Dutch), vicgrafo (Esperanto), vikont (Estonian), varakreivi (Finnish), vicomte [masculine] (French), ვიკონტი (viḳonṭi) (Georgian), Vicomte [masculine] (German), υποκόμης (ypokómis) [masculine] (Greek), algróf (Hungarian), vikomt (Hungarian), vísigreifi [masculine] (Icelandic), bíocunta [masculine] (Irish), visconte [masculine] (Italian), viscontessa [feminine] (Italian), 子爵 (shishaku) (alt: ししゃく) (Japanese), ហ្លួង (luəng) (Khmer), 자작 (jajak) (alt: 子爵) (Korean), вико́нт (vikónt) [masculine] (Macedonian), ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᠨᡳ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (jingkini hafan) (Manchu), ویقونت (vikont) (Ottoman Turkish), ویکنت (vikont) (Persian), wicehrabia [masculine] (Polish), visconde [masculine] (Portuguese), viconte [masculine] (Romanian), вико́нт (vikónt) [masculine] (Russian), viskont [masculine] (Slovene), vizconde (Spanish), vicomte [common-gender] (Swedish), biskonde (Tagalog), vikont (Turkish), віко́нт (vikónt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vikont (Uzbek), tử tước (alt: 子爵) (Vietnamese), is-iarll [masculine] (Welsh), וויקאָנט (vikont) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-viscount-en-noun-rRdwE4nA Disambiguation of 'a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl': 96 4
  2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts. Categories (topical): Entomology, Nobility Categories (lifeform): Limenitidine butterflies Related terms (adjectival form): vicecomital, vicontiel, viscomital Related terms (related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, marquess, prince
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: V [symbol], Vis., Visc. [abbreviation], Visct, Vte [contraction] Derived forms: viscountcy, viscounty Related terms (female form or wife): viscountess
Disambiguation of 'female form or wife': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "word": "vikont"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vikónt",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віко́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "word": "vikont"
    },
    {
      "alt": "子爵",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "word": "tử tước"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "is-iarll"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vikont",
      "sense": "a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "וויקאָנט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "viscount"
}

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