-ess
female (agent)
French · -esse (from Greek -issa)
French -esse (from Greek -issa) makes a female form of a noun: actor becomes actress, host becomes hostess, lion becomes lioness. Many modern writers now prefer one neutral word, such as "actor" for everyone.
Memory trick
ESS sounds like "SHE": add ess and the word becomes she.
Words from this root
- actress (act + ress) — woman who actsअभिनेत्री
- goddess (god + dess) — female godदेवी
- lioness (lion + ess) — female lionशेरनी
- princess (princ + ess) — daughter or wife of a princeराजकुमारी
- hostess (host + ess) — woman who entertains guestsमेज़बान महिला
- heiress (heir + ess) — woman who inheritsउत्तराधिकारिणी
- waitress (wait + ress) — woman who serves at tablesवेट्रेस
- empress (empr + ess) — woman ruling an empireसाम्राज्ञी
- baroness (baron + ess) — female baronबैरन की पत्नी या महिला बैरन
- governess (govern + ess) — woman who teaches a family's childrenघर पर पढ़ाने वाली महिला
- authoress (author + ess) — woman writerलेखिका
- ancestress (ancest + ress) — female ancestorपूर्वज महिला