viscount

See also: Viscount

English

Alternative forms

V (symbol)
Vis., Visc. (abbreviations)
Visct, Vte (contractions)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
enPR: vīʹkount
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

viscount (plural viscounts)

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

Armenian: վիկոնտ (hy) (vikont), դերկոմս (hy) (derkoms)
Breton: beskont (br) m
Catalan: vescomte (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 子爵 (zh) (zǐjué)
Czech: vikomt m
Dutch: burggraaf (nl) m
Esperanto: vicgrafo
Estonian: vikont
Finnish: varakreivi
French: vicomte (fr) m
German: Vicomte (de) m
Greek: υποκόμης (el) m (ypokómis)
Hungarian: algróf, vikomt

Icelandic: vísigreifi m
Italian: visconte (it) m
Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (ししゃく, shishaku)
Khmer: ហ្លួង (km) (luəng)
Manchu: ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᠨᡳ
ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (jingkini hafan)
Polish: wicehrabia m
Portuguese: visconde (pt) m
Romanian: viconte (ro) m
Russian: вико́нт (ru) m (vikónt)
Slovene: viskont m
Spanish: vizconde (es)
Swedish: vicomte c
Tagalog: biskonde
Vietnamese: tử tước (vi)

See also

(female form or wife): viscountess
(adjectival form): vicontiel
(related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, prince
viscountcy
viscounty

Further reading

viscount on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

vicounts

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