Miss

== English == === Etymology === From mistress. === Pronunciation === enPR: mĭs, IPA(key): /mɪs/ (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmɪz/ Rhymes: -ɪs === Noun === Miss (plural Misses or Mlles) A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status. With a surname. With a full name. (dated or regional) With a first name only. (dated) Used alone. A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress. Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest. (often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman. ==== Usage notes ==== When referring to people with the same name, either of two forms may be used: Misses Brown or Miss Browns. Both Miss and Mrs are frequently replaced by Ms in current usage. In the US, the use of Miss with a first name only, as in Miss Julia, was common in the Southern US only. Elsewhere only the full or last names were possible: Miss Brown, Miss Julia Brown. In the UK, Miss with a first name only was formerly associated with the speech of servants or lower-class persons when addressing or referring to their superiors. Traditionally, if a family had multiple unmarried daughters, to avoid ambiguity, only the eldest would be referred to as Miss (surname), while a younger daughter would be Miss (given name) or Miss (given name) (surname) (see Alcott quote above). ==== Coordinate terms ==== (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), Madam (madam, ma'am); (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor) (Category: en:Titles) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 搣時 / 搣时 (mit1 si4) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === ISMs, isms, MSiS, SIMS, Sims, ISMS, MSIs, sims, SMIs == German == === Alternative forms === Miß (superseded) === Etymology === Borrowed from English Miss. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪs/ === Noun === Miss f (genitive Miss, plural Misses or (beauty queen) Missen) Miss (form of address) title for a beauty queen Miss Deutschland ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Misswahl (“beauty contest”) === Further reading === “Miss” in Duden online “Miss”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)