dame
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[edit] English
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Middle English, from Old French, from Latin domina
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- Rhymes: -eɪm
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dame (plural dames)
- (UK) The equivalent title to Sir for a female knight.
- Dame Edith Sitwell
- (informal) Slightly derogatory way of referring to a woman.
- There ain't nothin' like a dame!
- (archaic) Lady, woman.
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- See also Wikisaurus:woman
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archaic: lady, woman
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equivalent title to Sir for a female knight
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From French dame (“lady”).
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- IPA: /daːmə/, [ˈd̥æːmə], [ˈd̥æːm̩]
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dame c. (singular definite damen, plural indefinite damer)
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Inflection of dame
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- (playing cards) kort, spillekort; es, toer, treer, firer, femmer, sekser, syver, otter, nier, tier, knægt/bonde, dame/dronning, konge, joker [edit]
Dame on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
Dame (kort) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Dame (kort)
[edit] Dutch
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dame f.
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[edit] French
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From Latin domina
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dame f. (plural dames)
- A lady
- A polite form of address for a woman.
- (chess) queen
- (card games) queen
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dame f.
- Plural form of dama.
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See also dame na
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dame (hiragana だめ)
- 駄目: no good; useless; hopeless
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dame m. or f. (definite singular dama/damen; indefinite plural damer; definite plural damene)
[edit] Old French
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Latin domina.
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dame f. (oblique plural dames, nominative singular dame, nominative plural dames)
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- French: dame
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[edit] Verb
dame (infinitive dar)
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