madam
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French madame, from ma ‘my’ + dame ‘lady’, from post-classical Latin mea domina.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈmæd.əm/
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia madam (plural madams or mesdames)
- A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
- Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
- The mistress of a household.
- (colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
- Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
- (slang) A woman who runs a brothel.
- After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
polite term of address to a woman
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conceited girl
woman who manages a brothel
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Related terms [edit]
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Anagrams [edit]
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French madame.
Noun [edit]
madam (definite accusative madamı, plural madamlar)
Declension [edit]
declension of madam
possessive forms of madam