# Vanessa
## Translingual
### Etymology

New Latin, from the Ancient Greek deity Φάνης (Phánēs). Named by Johan Christian Fabricius.

### Proper noun

Vanessa f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – brush-footed butterflies including red admirals.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Papilioniformes – series; Nymphalidae – family; Nymphalinae - subfamily; Nymphalini - tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Vanessa atalanta (red admiral), Vanessa cardui (painted lady, cosmopolitan) - selected species

### References

* Vanessa (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Vanessa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Vanessa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

Coined by Jonathan Swift for a lady friend named Esther ("Essy") Vanhomrigh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vəˈnɛsə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛsə
* Hyphenation: Va‧nes‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa
* A female given name originating as a coinage.
** 1726, Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa:Vanessa be the Name / By which thou shalt be known to Fame. / Vanessa, by the Gods enroll'd: / Her Name on Earth - shall not be told.
** 1978, Maeve Binchy, Victoria Line, Central Line, Arrow, published 1993, →ISBN, pages 178, 179:A kind of girl that May had before only seen in the pages of fashion magazines, bored, disdainful, elegant, reluctantly admitted her. - - - She was asked to see Vanessa on the way out. She knew that the girl would be called something like Vanessa.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Paul J. DeGategno, R. Jay Stubblefield, Critical Companion to Jonathan Swift (2006), page 42

### Anagrams

* Avanses, Navases, Vanasse

## Danish
### Proper noun

Vanessa
* a female given name from English, of recent usage

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Vanessa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑnesːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ne̞s̠ːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnesːɑ
* Hyphenation: Va‧nes‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa
* a female given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Vanessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Vanessani
Vanessani
accusative
nom.
Vanessani
Vanessani
gen.
Vanessani
genitive
Vanessani
Vanessojeni Vanessaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Vanessaani
Vanessojani
inessive
Vanessassani
Vanessoissani
elative
Vanessastani
Vanessoistani
illative
Vanessaani
Vanessoihini
adessive
Vanessallani
Vanessoillani
ablative
Vanessaltani
Vanessoiltani
allative
Vanessalleni
Vanessoilleni
essive
Vanessanani
Vanessoinani
translative
Vanessakseni
Vanessoikseni
abessive
Vanessattani
Vanessoittani
instructive
comitative
—Vanessoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Vanessasi
Vanessasi
accusative
nom.
Vanessasi
Vanessasi
gen.
Vanessasi
genitive
Vanessasi
Vanessojesi Vanessaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Vanessaasi
Vanessojasi
inessive
Vanessassasi
Vanessoissasi
elative
Vanessastasi
Vanessoistasi
illative
Vanessaasi
Vanessoihisi
adessive
Vanessallasi
Vanessoillasi
ablative
Vanessaltasi
Vanessoiltasi
allative
Vanessallesi
Vanessoillesi
essive
Vanessanasi
Vanessoinasi
translative
Vanessaksesi
Vanessoiksesi
abessive
Vanessattasi
Vanessoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Vanessoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Vanessamme
Vanessamme
accusative
nom.
Vanessamme
Vanessamme
gen.
Vanessamme
genitive
Vanessamme
Vanessojemme Vanessaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Vanessaamme
Vanessojamme
inessive
Vanessassamme
Vanessoissamme
elative
Vanessastamme
Vanessoistamme
illative
Vanessaamme
Vanessoihimme
adessive
Vanessallamme
Vanessoillamme
ablative
Vanessaltamme
Vanessoiltamme
allative
Vanessallemme
Vanessoillemme
essive
Vanessanamme
Vanessoinamme
translative
Vanessaksemme
Vanessoiksemme
abessive
Vanessattamme
Vanessoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Vanessoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Vanessanne
Vanessanne
accusative
nom.
Vanessanne
Vanessanne
gen.
Vanessanne
genitive
Vanessanne
Vanessojenne Vanessainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Vanessaanne
Vanessojanne
inessive
Vanessassanne
Vanessoissanne
elative
Vanessastanne
Vanessoistanne
illative
Vanessaanne
Vanessoihinne
adessive
Vanessallanne
Vanessoillanne
ablative
Vanessaltanne
Vanessoiltanne
allative
Vanessallenne
Vanessoillenne
essive
Vanessananne
Vanessoinanne
translative
Vanessaksenne
Vanessoiksenne
abessive
Vanessattanne
Vanessoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Vanessoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Vanessansa
Vanessansa
accusative
nom.
Vanessansa
Vanessansa
gen.
Vanessansa
genitive
Vanessansa
Vanessojensa Vanessainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Vanessaansa
Vanessojaan Vanessojansa
inessive
Vanessassaan Vanessassansa
Vanessoissaan Vanessoissansa
elative
Vanessastaan Vanessastansa
Vanessoistaan Vanessoistansa
illative
Vanessaansa
Vanessoihinsa
adessive
Vanessallaan Vanessallansa
Vanessoillaan Vanessoillansa
ablative
Vanessaltaan Vanessaltansa
Vanessoiltaan Vanessoiltansa
allative
Vanessalleen Vanessallensa
Vanessoilleen Vanessoillensa
essive
Vanessanaan Vanessanansa
Vanessoinaan Vanessoinansa
translative
Vanessakseen Vanessaksensa
Vanessoikseen Vanessoiksensa
abessive
Vanessattaan Vanessattansa
Vanessoittaan Vanessoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Vanessoineen Vanessoinensa :

#### Statistics

* Vanessa is the 279th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,885 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,036 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /va.nɛ.sa/ ~ /va.ne.sa/

### Proper noun

Vanessa f
* a female given name from English, of recent usage

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vaˈnɛsa]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: Va‧nes‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa
* a female given name from English, of recent usage

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vaˈnes.sa/
* Rhymes: -essa
* Hyphenation: Va‧nés‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa f
* a female given name from English, of recent usage

### Anagrams

* navasse, vanasse

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈne.sɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈne.sɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vaˈne.sa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈne.sɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈne.sɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈne.sɐ/
* Rhymes: -esɐ
* Hyphenation: Va‧nes‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Vanessa

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Vanessa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈnesa/ [baˈne.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Syllabification: Va‧nes‧sa

### Proper noun

Vanessa f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Vanessa