"βασίλισσα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /vaˈsi.li.sa/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βασίλισσα (basílissa). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|βασίλισσα}} Ancient Greek βασίλισσα (basílissa) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|βασίλισσες|||||masculine|βασιλιάς|||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} βασίλισσα • (vasílissa) f (plural βασίλισσες, masculine βασιλιάς), {{el-noun|f|βασίλισσες|m=βασιλιάς}} βασίλισσα • (vasílissa) f (plural βασίλισσες, masculine βασιλιάς) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|βασίλισσα|βασίλισσες|βασίλισσας|βασιλισσών|βασίλισσα|βασίλισσες|βασίλισσα|βασίλισσες|gp-v=|note=}} Forms: vasílissa [romanization], βασίλισσες [plural], βασιλιάς [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], βασίλισσα [nominative, singular], βασίλισσες [nominative, plural], βασίλισσας [genitive, singular], βασιλισσών [genitive, plural], βασίλισσα [accusative, singular], βασίλισσες [accusative, plural], βασίλισσα [singular, vocative], βασίλισσες [plural, vocative]
  1. queen (king's wife)
    Sense id: en-βασίλισσα-el-noun-tMygGIx7 Categories (other): Monarchy Disambiguation of Monarchy: 13 32 13 13 29
  2. queen (ruling female monarch)
    Sense id: en-βασίλισσα-el-noun-MEUtD3cc Categories (other): Monarchy Disambiguation of Monarchy: 13 32 13 13 29
  3. queen (reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp)
    Sense id: en-βασίλισσα-el-noun-5s0xbJkA Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα', Monarchy Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'βασίλισσα': 12 17 37 16 18 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 13 32 13 13 29
  4. (figuratively) queen (powerful female figure) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-βασίλισσα-el-noun-yd-FJVdh Categories (other): Monarchy Disambiguation of Monarchy: 13 32 13 13 29
  5. (chess) queen
    Sense id: en-βασίλισσα-el-noun-qcPB92dF Categories (other): Chess, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Chess, Heads of state, Monarchy, Titles, Women Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 19 5 10 13 5 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 16 4 9 11 4 52 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 27 9 51 Disambiguation of Chess: 0 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Heads of state: 7 8 9 7 69 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 13 32 13 13 29 Disambiguation of Titles: 6 6 7 6 76 Disambiguation of Women: 7 7 8 7 73 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: βασιλιάς (vasiliás), πύργος (pýrgos), αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós), ίππος (íppos), στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Elizabeth II was the queen of the United Kingdom.",
          "roman": "I Elisávet V’ ítan i vasílissa tou Inoménou Vasileíou.",
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        "queen (ruling female monarch)"
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          "english": "the queen bee",
          "roman": "i vasílissa ton melissón",
          "text": "η βασίλισσα των μελισσών",
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        "queen (reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp)"
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          "english": "His daughter is a queen of beauty.",
          "roman": "I kóri tou eínai vasílissa tis omorfiás.",
          "text": "Η κόρη του είναι βασίλισσα της ομορφιάς.",
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        "queen (powerful female figure)"
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        "(figuratively) queen (powerful female figure)"
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        "board-games",
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      "ipa": "/vaˈsi.li.sa/"
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  "word": "βασίλισσα"
}

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