madame
See also: Madame
English
Alternative forms
- Madame
Etymology
Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈdæm/, /məˈdɑːm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈdæm/, /məˈdɑm/, /mæˈdæm/, /mæˈdɑm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
- Rhymes: -æm, -ɑm, -ædəm
Noun
madame (plural madames or mesdames)
- Alternative form of madam
Derived terms
- Madame Bishop
Related terms
- croque-madame
- grande madame
- Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
- Madame Tussaud's
Anagrams
- ma'amed
Finnish
Etymology
From French madame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑdɑm/, [ˈmɑdɑm]
Noun
madame
- madam
Declension
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
Etymology
ma + dame From Old French ma dame (my lady).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.dam/
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Noun
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?
- madam, Mrs. or Ms.
- (in children's language, childish) lady, woman
- Dis merci à la madame.
- Say thank you to the lady.
- 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. [...]"
- 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
- dame, lady
- (title, form of address): (abbreviations) Mme, Mme.
Coordinate terms
- mademoiselle
- monsieur
Derived terms
- madame je-sais-tout
- Madame Michu
- Madame Watanabe
- mesdames et messieurs
Descendants
- → Russian: мада́м (madám)
- → Turkish: madam, madama
Further reading
- “madame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈdam/[1]
- Rhymes: -am
Noun
madame f
- plural of madama
References
- madame in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ma dame, madam, madaum, maydame, madde dame
Etymology
From Old French madame; compare dame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈdaːm(ə)/, /maˈdam(ə)/, /maː-/
Noun
madame (plural madames)
- madam (polite term of address or (less often) title for a noble lady)
Descendants
- English: madam; ma'am
- Scots: madam
References
- “ma-dam(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- madama
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French madame.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdɐ̃.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdɐ.me/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /maˈdɐ.m(ɨ)/ [maˈðɐ.m(ɨ)]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
- Hyphenation: ma‧da‧me
Noun
madame f (plural madames)
- madam (polite term of address to a woman)
- madam (mistress of a household)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French madame.
Noun
madame f (plural madames)
- madam (polite term of address to a woman)
- madam (mistress of a household)
Swedish
Noun
madame c
- Synonym of fru (and French)
Declension
Declension of madame | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | madame | madamen | madamer | madamerna |
Genitive | madames | madamens | madamers | madamernas |
See also
- madam
References
- madame in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- madame in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)