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See also: Madame
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈdɑːm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈdæm/, /məˈdɑm/, /mæˈdæm/, /mæˈdɑm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Noun[edit]
madame (plural madames or mesdames)
- Alternative form of madam
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame
Declension[edit]
Inflection of madame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | madame | madamet | |
genitive | madamen | madamejen | |
partitive | madamea | madameja | |
illative | madameen | madameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | madame | madamet | |
accusative | nom. | madame | madamet |
gen. | madamen | ||
genitive | madamen | madamejen madameinrare | |
partitive | madamea | madameja | |
inessive | madamessa | madameissa | |
elative | madamesta | madameista | |
illative | madameen | madameihin | |
adessive | madamella | madameilla | |
ablative | madamelta | madameilta | |
allative | madamelle | madameille | |
essive | madamena | madameina | |
translative | madameksi | madameiksi | |
instructive | — | madamein | |
abessive | madametta | madameitta | |
comitative | — | madameineen |
Possessive forms of madame (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | madameni | madamemme |
2nd person | madamesi | madamenne |
3rd person | madamensa |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ma + dame From Old French ma dame (my lady).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f (plural mesdames)
- a title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person address.
- Si vous êtes libre, pourriez-vous aider madame, s'il vous plaît?
- If you're free, could you help this lady, please?
- Si vous êtes libre, pourriez-vous aider madame, s'il vous plaît?
- madam, Mrs. or Ms.
- (in children's language, childish) Lady, woman.
- Dis merci à la madame.
- Say thank you to the lady.
- Dis merci à la madame.
- the female employer of a domestic servant
- 2020, Laure Stéphan, « Ma Madame m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer » : au Liban, le calvaire des domestiques éthiopiennes, Le Monde:
- Mazaa, 23 ans, ancienne nourrice et femme de ménage, croix autour du cou, cache son visage. « Ma Madame (employeuse) m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer. [...] »
- Mazaa, 23 years old, former nanny and housekeeper, a cross around her neck, hides her face. "My madame (employer) told me they couldn't pay me anymore. [...]"
- Mazaa, 23 ans, ancienne nourrice et femme de ménage, croix autour du cou, cache son visage. « Ma Madame (employeuse) m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer. [...] »
- 2020, Laure Stéphan, « Ma Madame m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer » : au Liban, le calvaire des domestiques éthiopiennes, Le Monde:
Synonyms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “madame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f
References[edit]
- ^ madame in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French madame; compare dame.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame (plural madames)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “ma-dam(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f (plural madames)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f (plural madames)
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- enm:Female people
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐmɨ
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃mi
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