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{{also|Princess}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|princesse}}, a borrowing from {{der|en|xno|princesse}}, {{der|en|fro|princesse}}. {{surf|+suf|en|prince|ess|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɹɪnˈsɛs/|/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/|/ˈpɹɪnsɪs/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-princess.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛs|s=2|q1=UK}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[female]] [[member]] of a [[royal]] [[family]] other than a [[queen]], especially a [[daughter]] or [[granddaughter]] of a [[monarch]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1872|author=George MacDonald|title=The Princess and the Goblin|passage=She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a '''princess''' of her age.}}
# A [[woman]] or [[girl]] who [[excel]]s in a given [[field]] or [[class]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2014|author=Blake Masters; Peter Thiel|title=Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
|passage=Michael Jackson was the king of pop. Britney Spears was the pop '''princess'''. Until they weren't.}}
# {{lb|en|now|_|archaic}} A [[female]] [[ruler]] or [[monarch]]; a [[queen]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|passage=And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and '''Princesse''' naturall {{...}}|5|12}}
# The [[wife]] of a [[prince]]; the [[female]] [[ruler]] of a [[principality]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Princess''' Grace was the '''Princess''' of Monaco.}}
# A [[young]] [[girl]]; {{n-g|used as a [[term of endearment]]}}. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
# {{lb|en|derogatory|chiefly|US}} A [[young]] [[girl]] or [[woman]] (or less commonly a man) who is [[vain]], [[spoiled]]{{,}} or [[selfish]]; a [[prima donna]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|date=September 15, 2020|author=[https://www.youtube.com/@justmaiko Justmaiko]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGqlQJFLnnY&t=134|title=Trying Viral TikTok Life Hacks. **They Actually Work!!**|time=2:13|passage=Jonathan, if you hear this, you're a beautiful '''princess''', but you're also a big, fat [[dork]].}}
# A [[tint]]ed [[crystal]] [[marble]] used in [[children]]'s [[game]]s.<!--see Wikipedia on "Marbles"-->
# A type of [[court]] [[card]] in the [[Tarot]] pack, coming between the 10 and the [[prince]] ([[Jack]]).
# A [[female]] [[lemur]].
# A [[Bulgarian]] [[open-faced]] [[baked]] [[sandwich]] prepared with [[ground meat]].

====Usage notes====
* A princess is usually styled “Her Highness”. A princess in a [[royal]] family is “Her Royal Highness”; in an [[imperial]] family “Her Imperial Highness”.

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|en|prince}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en| pillow princess|princess cake|princess carry|princess consort|princess regent|princess sickness|princess wand|red princess flower|welfare princess| princess tree|princess-consort|princess-feather|potty princess
|{{l|en|Princess Anne}} {{q|places}}|people's princess
|crown princess
|pavement princess|passenger princess
|pearly princess
|princess cut|dollar princess
|princess dress
|princesshood
|princessian
|princessification
|princessipality
|princessish
|princessless
|princesslike
|princess line
|princessliness
|princessling
|princessly
|princessness
|princess parts
|princess seam
|princessship
|princessy
|unprincesslike
|unprincessly
|unprincessy
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|princely}}
* {{l|en|principality}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|female member of royal family}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|prinses}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|princeshë}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ልዕልት}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَمِيرَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|արքայադուստր}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|কুঁৱৰী}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|şahzadə}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|printzesa}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|прынцэ́са|f}}, {{t|be|царэ́ўна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a tsar}}, {{t|be|карале́ўна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a king}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|রাজকুমারী}}
* Breton: {{t|br|maelle}}, {{t+|br|priñsez|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|принце́са|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မင်းသမီး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|princesa}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|prinsesa}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|kalonga}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|公主|tr=gōngzhǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|王妃|tr=wángfēi}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ϣⲉⲣⲓⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲱ|f}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|principessa}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|princezna|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|prinsesse}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|prinses|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|reĝidino}}, {{t|eo|princino}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|printsess}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|kongsdóttir|f}}, {{t|fo|kongadóttir|f}}, {{t|fo|prinsessa|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|prinsessa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|princesse|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|princesa}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|პრინცესა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Prinzessin|f}}, {{t+|de|Königstochter|f|lit=king's daughter}}, {{t|de|Königsenkelin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βασιλοπούλα|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|રાજકુમારી}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|prensès}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|gimbiya}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|kamāliʻi wahine}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נְסִיכָה|f|tr=nesikhá}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|dayang}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|राजकुमारी|f}}, {{t|hi|शहज़ादी}}, {{t+|hi|राजकन्या|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hercegnő}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|prinsessa|f}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|ada eze}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|putri|f}}, {{t+|id|puteri|f}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|princessa}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|banfhlaith|f}}, {{t|ga|iníon rí|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|principessa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|姫|tr=ひめ, hime}}, {{t+|ja|王女|tr=おうじょ, ōjo}}, {{t+|ja|公主|tr=こうしゅ, kōshu}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|putri}}
* Kabardian: {{t+|kbd|жан}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|lakangbini}}, {{t|pam|pirinsesa}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ханзада}}, {{t|kk|ханша}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|រាជបុត្រី}}, {{t|km|ព្រះនាង}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|공주(公主)}}, {{t+|ko|왕녀(王女)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|dotmîr|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|канбийке}}, {{t|ky|принцесса}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ເຈົ້າຍິງ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|filia regis|f}}, {{t+|la|regina|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|princese|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|princesė|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|prinzessin}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|принце́за|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|andriambavy}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|puteri}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|രാജകുമാരി}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|prinċipessa}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡤᡠᠩᠵᡠ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pirinihi}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|liamin}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|राजकुमारी}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|гүнж}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠭᠦ᠋ᠩᠵᠦ}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|cīhuapīlli}}, {{t+|nah|siuapili}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|राजकुमारी}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|prîncêsse|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|prinsesse|f}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|jungfrú|f}}, {{t|non|dróttning|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|خانم|tr=hanum}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|شازادګۍ|f|tr=šazādgǝ́y}}, {{t|ps|شازادۍ|f|tr=šazādǝ́y}}, {{t|ps|شاهزادګۍ|f|tr=šāhzādgǝ́y}}, {{t+|ps|شاهزۍ|f|tr=šāhzǝ́y}}, {{t|ps|شهزادګۍ|f|tr=šahzādgᶕy}}, {{t|ps|شهزادۍ|f|tr=šahzādǝ́y}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|شاهدخت|tr=šâhdoxt}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|księżniczka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|princesa|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਰਾਜਕੁਮਾਰੀ}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|ñust'a}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|prințesă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|принце́сса|f}}, {{t+|ru|царе́вна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a tsar}}, {{t+|ru|короле́вна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a king}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|purinisese}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bana-phrionnsa|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|принце́за|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|princéza|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|කුමරිය}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|princezná|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|princesa|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|amiirad}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|princesa}}, {{t+|es|infanta|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t|su|sang putri}}, {{t|su|tuan putri}}, {{t|su|putri raja}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mtoto wa kike wa mfalme}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|prinsessa|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|lakambini}}, {{t+|tl|prinsesa}}, {{t|tl|dayangdayang}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|шоҳзодахоним}}, {{t|tg|шоҳдухтар}}, {{t|tg|шоҳдухт}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|இளவரசி}}, {{t|ta|அரசகுமாரி}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|принцесса}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|యువరాణి}}, {{t|te|ప్రిన్సెస్}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เจ้าหญิง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྲས་མོ}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|pilinisesi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|prenses|f}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|şazada}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|принце́са|f}}, {{t+|uk|царі́вна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a tsar}}, {{t+|uk|королі́вна|f}} {{qualifier|daughter of a king}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|شہزدی|f|tr=śahzadī}}, {{t|ur|راجکماری|f|tr=rājkumārī}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مەلىكە}}, {{t|ug|خانىكە}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|malika}}, {{t|uz|prinsessa}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|công chúa}} ({{t+|vi|公主}}), {{t+|vi|bà chúa}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|ledaut}}, {{t+|vo|jiplin}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|princesse|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|tywysoges}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|prinsesse}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּרינצעסין|f}}, {{t|yi|בת־מלכּה|f|tr=bas-malke}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ọmọ alade}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|inkosazana|c9|c6}}
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{{trans-top|woman or girl who excels in a given field or class}}
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{{trans-top|female monarch, or wife of a ruler}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|koningin|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|իշխանուհի}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|княгі́ня|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|княги́ня|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|princesa|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|сту}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|公主|tr=gōngzhǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|王妃|tr=wángfēi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kněžna|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koningin|f}}, {{t+|nl|prinses|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|princino}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ruhtinatar}}; {{t+|fi|kuningatar}} {{qualifier|queen}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|princesa}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fürstin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πριγκίπισσα|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נְסִיכָה|f|tr=nesikhá}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fejedelemasszony}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|ratu|f}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|сув}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|banphrionsa|m}}, {{t|ga|banfhlaith|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|王妃|tr=おうひ, ōhi}}, {{t+|ja|皇女|tr=こうじょ, kōjo}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|lakangbini}}, {{t|pam|pirinsesa}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|왕비(王妃)}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|regina|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|кнегиња|f}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|cīhuatlahtoāni}}, {{t|nah|siuatlajtoani}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|prîncêsse|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|księżna|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rainha|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|княги́ня|f}}, {{t+|ru|принце́сса|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|bana-phrionnsa|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|кнѐгиња|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|knèginja|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kňažná|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|kneginja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|princesa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|furstinna|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|prinsesa}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|prenses|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|княги́ня|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|công chúa}} ({{t+|vi|公主}}), {{t+|vi|công nữ}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|plin}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t+|vo|jiplin}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּרינצעסין|f}}
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{{trans-top|wife of a prince; female ruler of a principality}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|принцеса|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ruhtinatar}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|princesa|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fürstin|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|בַּת לְמֶלֶכַּה|f|tr=ḇát̬ ləmélékáh}}
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{{trans-top|term of endearment for young girl}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|prinsessa}}
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{{trans-top|young girl or woman who is vain, prima donna}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|prinsessa}}
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{{trans-top|tinted crystal marble}}
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{{trans-top|Tarot card}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|prinsessa}}
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{{trans-top|female lemur}}
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* Ancient Greek: {{t-check|grc|βασίλεια|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+check|ca|princesa|f}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|princesse|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t+check|is|prinsessa|f}}, {{qualifier|obsolete}} {{t-check|is|prinsipissa|f}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|dotmîr|f}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|principissa|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t-check|ml|രാജകുമാരി|f}}
* Persian: {{t-check|fa|شاهزاده‌خانم|tr=šâhzâde-xânom}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|princeza|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|princesa|f}}, {{t+check|es|infanta|f}}
* Tamil: {{t+check|ta|குமாரத்தி}}, {{t-check|ta|இராசகுமாரி}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|రాజకుమారి}}, {{t+check|te|రాకుమారి}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+check|vi|công chúa}} ({{t+|vi|公主}})
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===See also===
* {{l|en|archduchess}}
* {{l|en|duchess}}
* {{l|en|grand duchess}}
* {{l|en|highness}}
* {{l|en|royal}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceinprss|Crespins|crispens}}

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