dame

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[edit] English

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Via Middle English and Old French from Latin domina

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Singular
dame

Plural
dames

dame (plural dames)

  1. (British) the equivalent title to Sir for a female knight
    Dame Edith Sitwell
  2. (informal, South Pacific) Slightly derogatory way of referring to a woman.
    There ain't nothin' like a dame!
  3. (archaic) Lady, woman.

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  • IPA: /daːmə/, [ˈd̥æːm̩]

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dame c. (singular definite damen, plural indefinite damer)

  1. lady
  2. woman
  3. queen (card games)

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dame f.

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen.

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From Latin domina

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dame f. (plural dames)

  1. A lady
  2. A polite form of address for a woman.
  3. (chess) queen
  4. (card games) queen

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dame f.

  1. Plural form of dama.

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See also damena

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dame (hiragana だめ)

  1. 駄目: no good; useless; hopeless

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dame m. and f. (definite singular dama/damen; indefinite plural damer; definite plural damene)

  1. lady, woman

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dame (infinitive: dar)

  1. Compound of the informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun me: give me!
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