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Definition of contessa in English: contessanoun kɒnˈtɛsəkōn- An Italian countess. （意大利）女伯爵；伯爵夫人 Example sentencesExamples - The room was half filled with elderly contessas and solitary, beef-eating gourmands, with napkins stuck in their collars.
- Her costumes, like her paintings, are intricate and drenched in color, whether for a can-can dancer or a contessa.
- The dish is Carpaccio of beef, a plate of trimmed sirloin sliced wafer thin and dressed with a Jackson Pollock spray of mayonnaise mixed with lemon juice, which was invented for an Italian contessa who was on a diet free of cooked meat.
- Whatever way you do it you're sure to return home with a wardrobe to rival the classiest Italian contessa.
- History does not record if the Contessa and the Colonel met; surely it would have been an adventure if they had.
OriginItalian, from late Latin comitissa (see countess). Rhymesaddresser, aggressor, assessor, compressor, confessor, depressor, digresser, dresser, guesser, intercessor, lesser, Odessa, oppressor, possessor, professor, represser, successor, transgressor, Vanessa Definition of contessa in US English: contessanounkōn- An Italian countess. （意大利）女伯爵；伯爵夫人 Example sentencesExamples - History does not record if the Contessa and the Colonel met; surely it would have been an adventure if they had.
- Whatever way you do it you're sure to return home with a wardrobe to rival the classiest Italian contessa.
- The dish is Carpaccio of beef, a plate of trimmed sirloin sliced wafer thin and dressed with a Jackson Pollock spray of mayonnaise mixed with lemon juice, which was invented for an Italian contessa who was on a diet free of cooked meat.
- Her costumes, like her paintings, are intricate and drenched in color, whether for a can-can dancer or a contessa.
- The room was half filled with elderly contessas and solitary, beef-eating gourmands, with napkins stuck in their collars.
OriginItalian, from late Latin comitissa (see countess). |