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Meaning of Viscount | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt

Definitions

  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
  2. The title of a viscount.
  3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

Equivalents

العربية الفيكونت فيكونت
Azərbaycanca vikont
Български виконт
Català vescomte
Čeština vikomt
Deutsch Vicomte
Ελληνικά υποκόμης
Español vizconde
Eesti vikont
فارسی ویکنت
Suomi varakreivi
Français vicomte
Հայերեն դերկոմս վիկոնտ
Íslenska vísigreifi
Italiano visconte viscontessa
日本語 子 子爵
ქართული ვიკონტი
ខ្មែរ ហ្លួង
한국어 자작
Македонски виконт
Nederlands burggraaf
Polski wicehrabia
Português visconde
Română viconte
Русский виконт
Tagalog biskonde
Türkçe vikont
Oʻzbekcha vikont
Tiếng Việt tử tước

Examples

“On Tuesday the King gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbourne and Althorp, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

viscountcy Viscountess Viscounts viscountship viscounty Viscous

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