dama

See also: Dama, dáma, damà, Dáma, dāma, damă, ɗama, and dàmá

English

Noun

dama (uncountable)

1. The game of Turkish draughts.

See also

• dama gazelle

Anagrams

• A.A.M.D., Adam

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Asturian

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. (chess) queen

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina, whence also dona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈda.ma]

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
2. (chess) queen

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dama

1. the game of checkers
2. (checkers) a king
3. a demijohn

Verb

dama

1. (checkers) to crown a king

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Cornish

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

1. mother, dam

Synonyms

• mamm/mabm

Derived terms

• dama-wydn

See also

• sira/syra

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/
• Homophones: damas, damât

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams

• Adam

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame, woman of high status
2. (chess) queen

Synonyms

• (chess queen): raíña

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

Noun

dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

1. lady (also used as a third person address)
   • Hvað má bjóða dömunni?

     What may be offered the lady? (speaking to the lady herself)

Declension

declension of dama

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dama	daman	dömur	dömurnar
accusative	dömu	dömuna	dömur	dömurnar
dative	dömu	dömunni	dömum	dömunum
genitive	dömu	dömunnar	dama	damanna

Derived terms

• dömur mínar og herrar

See also

• frú
• lafði

Anagrams

• Adam

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural dame)

1. lady
2. (board games, in the singular) draughts / checkers
3. king (in draughts/checkers)
4. draughtboard / checkerboard
5. queen (playing card)

Synonyms

• (lady): signora

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular present indicative of damare
2. second-person singular imperative of damare

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Jamamadí

Verb

dama

1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Japanese

Romanization

dama

1. Rōmaji transcription of だま
2. Rōmaji transcription of ダマ

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Kashubian

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. weir
3. pavement

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (damà) IPA^(key): [d̪ɐˈmɐ]
• (dãma) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ä̌ːmɐ]

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

Declension

Declension of damà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	damà	dãmos
genitive (kilmininkas)	dãmos	dãmų
dative (naudininkas)	dãmai	dãmoms
accusative (galininkas)	dãmą	damàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	damà	dãmomis
locative (vietininkas)	dãmoje	dãmose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dãma	dãmos

See also

• (lady): ponia
• (queen): karalienė

Anagrams

• mada

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Maquiritari

Noun

dama

1. The ocean or sea, which surrounds the earth and is connected via underground rivers to Lake Akuena in the mythological Sky.

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• de Civrieux, Marc. Watunna.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• damen

Noun

dama m or f

1. definite feminine singular of dame

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dama f

1. definite singular of dame

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaṽa/

Verb

·dama

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·dama	·dama pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/	·ndama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

   dama karo ― queen of diamonds

   dama kier ― queen of hearts

   dama pik ― queen of spades

   dama trefl ― queen of clubs

Declension

Declension of dama

	singular	plural
nominative	dama	damy
genitive	damy	dam
dative	damie	damom
accusative	damę	damy
instrumental	damą	damami
locative	damie	damach
vocative	damo	damy

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
król	hetman, królowa, królówka, dama	wieża	goniec, laufer, giermek	skoczek, koń, konik	pion, pionek

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Portuguese

dama

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: da‧ma
• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

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

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǎːma/
• Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling да́ма)

1. lady
2. (chess, card games) queen

Declension

Declension of dama

	singular	plural
nominative	dama	dame
genitive	dame	dama
dative	dami	damama
accusative	damu	dame
vocative	damo	dame
locative	dami	damama
instrumental	damom	damama

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec	dvojka, dvica	trojka, trica	četvorka, četvrtica	petica	šestica	sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	dečko, pub, žandar, fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	džoker

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dàːma/

Noun

dáma f

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

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	dáma
gen. sing.	dáme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dáma	dámi	dáme
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dáme	dám	dám
dative (dajȃlnik)	dámi	dámama	dámam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dámo	dámi	dáme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dámi	dámah	dámah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dámo	dámama	dámami

See also

Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text)
as, enka	dvojka	trojka	štirka, štirica	petka, petica	šestka, šestica	sedemka, sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	joker

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdama/ [ˈd̪a.ma]

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame
2. (chess) queen

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

1. draughts, checkers

Synonyms

• drafti

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Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /dɐˈma/

Etymology 1

Noun

damá

1. feeling; perception

   Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam

2. opinion about something

   Synonyms: kuro, kuru-kuro, palagay

Adjective

damá

1. felt; perceived

Derived terms

• dama-dama, dama-rama
• damahan
• damhin
• dumama
• ipadama
• madama
• pagdama

 

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ma/

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish damas.

Noun

dáma

1. checkers; draughts
2. (checkers) a king

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish dama (“lady, dame”).

Noun

dáma

1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting

   Synonym: abay

Related terms

• dama de noche, dama de-notse
• damahuwana