Mme

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English

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Etymology

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From French Mme.

Noun

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Mme (plural Mmes)

  1. Abbreviation of Madame.
    • 1922, Paul Gruyer, A Week at Versailles: The Town, the Palace, the Park, the Trianon Palaces, page 71:
      With them were the two royal children, Mmes Tantes (the elderly daughters of Louis XV), Mme Elisabeth, the Comic de Provence and his wife.
    • 1975 August 7, Listener and BBC Television Review, page 190, column 1:
      In The Bernadinis’ Terrace, gracefully translated by Joanna Kilmartin, Mme Laure Bernardini and her companion, Mme Thérèse, are very old: ‘immobilised, like ships that have run aground, they exist minimally.’
    • 1978, Nelly Wilson, Bernard-Lazare: Antisemitism and the Problems of Jewish Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century France, Cambridge University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 318:
      After the latter’s death, Meyerson remained Mme Bernard-Lazare’s trusted friend.
    • 2014, George J. Pappas, Where the Tides Meet: A Romance of the Gaspé, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 162:
      Mr. Parker added more wood to the fire and then he and Mme Dubois went in, leaving Miss Merrie behind with her wide-brimmed sun hat. Mme DuBois and Mr. Parker were the first to return and soon had their heads together checking the food hamper and cooler.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.dam/
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Noun

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Mme or Mme f (plural Mmes or Mmes)

  1. Abbreviation of Madame.
    • 1959, Georges Simenon, Une Confidence de Maigret, Paris: Presses de la Cité, page 164:
      Je peux prouver que, la nuit où Mme Christine a été refroidie, je me trouvais peinard à Marseille, même qu’on trouvera mon nom en grosses lettres à l’affiche du Miramar...
      I can prove that, the night Madame Christine was bumped off, I was in Marseille; you'll even find my name in big letters on the bill at the Miramar...

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