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See also: Madame
English[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
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of madame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- madam, Mrs. or Ms.
Synonyms[edit]
(title, form of address): (abbreviations)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “madame” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ami
Noun[edit]
madame f (plural madames)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
madame f (plural madames)
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