First Lady

See also: first lady

English

Noun

First Lady (plural First Ladies)

1. The wife (or woman of similar rank) of a male chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country.
2. The wife of a male pastor.
3. Alternative spelling of first lady.

Usage notes

• The term is not always capitalized.

Coordinate terms

• First Gentleman

Related terms

• First Family
• First Daughter

Translations

the wife of the President of a country

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第一夫人 (zh) (dìyī fūrén)

• Czech: první dáma (cs) f
• Danish: førstedame c
• French: première dame (fr) f
• German: First Lady (de) f, Erste Dame f
• Japanese: ファーストレディ (fāsutoredi)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: førstedame m or f

  Nynorsk: fyrstedame f, førstedame f

• Polish: pierwsza dama (pl) f
• Portuguese: primeira dama
• Russian: пе́рвая ле́ди (ru) f (pérvaja lédi)
• Spanish: primera dama f
• Vietnamese: Đệ nhất Phu nhân

See also

• prima donna (not a translation)