vicomte means “viscount” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Elle a épousé un vicomte l'été dernier.

She married a viscount last summer.

A titled nobleman standing in the courtly rank between a baron and a count.

comte: A man who holds the title of count.
baron: A man who holds the title of baron.

Désigne une personne qui porte le titre de vicomte, rang nobiliaire situé entre le baron et le comte.

French vicomte comes through Old French from Latin vicecomes, formed from vice, meaning 'in place of', and comes, meaning 'count'.

The French pronunciation is roughly vee-kont, with a nasal vowel in the second syllable, unlike English viscount.