montespan

1. 1.

   French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)

   SynonymsMarquise de MontespanFrancoise-Athenais de Rochechouart

   Broadermarchioness

Other forms of montespan

plural

montespans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about montespan

What does montespan mean?

montespan means "French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)".

How many syllables are in montespan?

montespan has 3 syllables: mon-te-span. The stress falls on "mon".

What is another word for montespan?

Close synonyms include Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is montespan a common word?

montespan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.