Definition
A female bard; a woman who composes and performs poetry, music, and stories in the medieval tradition of bards.
Etymology
From barde (bard) plus the suffix -ess, a feminine marker common in Middle English and Old French. Shows how gender was explicitly marked in professional titles of the medieval period.
Kelly Says
Medieval woman bards were actual superstars—Morgana of Wales and other bardesses commanded courts and influenced politics through their poetry, yet history often forgets them because scribes used masculine terms generically!
Translations
ARالعربية
بَارِدَّة
ba-ri-d-dah
BNবাংলা
বার্ডেস
baard-e-s
CACatalà
bardessa
bar-des-sa
CSČeština
bardessa
bar-des-sa
ELΕλληνικά
βαδδίνα
vad-di-na
ESEspañol
bardesa
bar-de-sa
FRFrançais
bardesse
bar-dess
HEעברית
באַרדעסע
ba-rde-se-a
HIहिन्दी
बार्डेस
baard-e-s
HUMagyar
bardess
bard-ess
IDBahasa Indonesia
bardess
bard-ess
ITItaliano
bardessa
bar-des-sa
MSBahasa Melayu
bardess
bard-ess
NLNederlands
bardess
bard-ess
PLPolski
bardessa
bar-des-sa
PTPortuguês
bardesa
bar-de-sa
RORomână
bardess
bard-ess
RUРусский
бардесса
bar-de-ssa
SVSvenska
bardess
bard-ess
SWKiswahili
bardess
bard-ess
TAதமிழ்
பார்ட் செஸ்
paart-chen-sehs
TEతెలుగు
బర్డ్సేస్
bard-se-s
THไทย
บาร์ดเซส
ba-rt-se-s
TRTürkçe
bardess
bard-ess
UKУкраїнська
бардеса
bar-de-sa
VITiếng Việt
bardess
bard-ess