Countess is the opposite gender for earl.(I think).
The noun earl is a word for a male, a title of the British peerage or, Earl is the name of a male.
An earl is male. The equivalent title for a woman is 'countess'. Since earl is an English word it does not have a gender. The french word for an earl is un comte, the word for a countess is une comtesse.
Dutchess would be the opposite of Earl.
The gender specific noun for a male is count.The corresponding gender specific noun for a female is countess.The gender specific noun for a male is earl.There is no corresponding gender specific noun for a female.
Countess---Masculine: CountFeminine: Countess
An earl is a title for a male person, there is no equivalent for this title for a female. The female partner of an Earl (or a female Earl) was called Lady. If she also held the title herself then she was called the Earl of whatever place.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.An earl is a title for a male person, there is no equivalent for this title for a female.
They alternate in gender, for example in 2010 we had Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, and so forth. Prior to 1979 they were given all female names.
Count is a masculine word. A count is a nobleman equivalent in rank to an English earl. Countess is a feminine word
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The gender specific noun for a female is countess.The corresponding gender specific noun for a male is count.
A countess's male counterpart is a count or an earl (equivalent British nobility).(It's not really an opposite, just the opposite gender.)