- Is Princesses correct and how would it be pronounced?
So, the singular possessive is princess's, the plural nominative is princesses, and the plural possessive is princesses' All of these are pronounced exactly the same way
- Verbally differentiating between princes and princess
Verbally differentiating between "prince's" and "princess" Ask Question Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 11 years, 1 month ago
- single word requests - What is the Prince Princess equivalent for . . .
If a prince becomes a king, and a princess becomes a queen, what is the term for someone who becomes an emperor empress? The title of the heir to a throne is Prince Princess
- Should I use the queen or the Queen? [duplicate]
A noun (when not at the start of a sentence) should be capitalised if and only if it is a proper noun, which refers to a specific person, place, thing or idea without taking a limiting modifier Examples: "The Queen (of England) visited my school " Since the word "Queen" is capitalised here, we know that it must be referring to a specific queen The words "of x country" do not have to be included
- Less politically problematic alternative to princess or snowflake
But both of these terms are politically problematic - princess because it's gendered and sounds demeaning to women, and snowflake because it's a common alt-right insult
- single word requests - Is there a male equivalent of dowager with . . .
I see Wikipedia talks about "Queen dowagers" and that "dowager Princess" has sometimes been used, so "dowager Prince Phillip" would fit except "dowager" always refers to a female, specifically a widow So is there any equivalent for a widower?
- When did prince princess come to mean royal heir?
The words prince and princess come to English from Old French and ultimately from Latin's quot;princeps quot; However, in both Latin and Old French, as well as historical Italian, quot;prince q
- orthography - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I believe princessship is typically spelled with a hyphen princess-ship, although I do remember references to it without However, if your friend is willing to allow princessship as a word, certainly words like dutchessship, governessship, countessship, etc would also qualify
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