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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === ma'amed == Finnish == === Etymology === From French madame. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑdɑm/, [ˈmɑ̝dɑ̝m] Rhymes: -ɑdɑm === Noun === madame madam ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “madame”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === From Old French ma dame (“my lady”), equivalent to ma +‎ dame. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.dam/ === 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 madam, Mrs. or Ms.; a title used with a woman's full name or surname, or (in childish language) her first name (in children's language, childish) lady, woman the female employer of a domestic servant ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike in English, Madame is frequently used without a name or article as a polite reference to a woman in the third person, notably in official registers: Although un/le monsieur is used as a common noun to mean "a/the gentleman," using the word une/la madame to mean "a/the lady" is considered childish language. Instead, une/la dame is used. ==== Synonyms ==== dame, lady (title, form of address): (abbreviations) Mme, Mme. ==== Coordinate terms ==== mademoiselle monsieur ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “madame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈdam/ Rhymes: -am === Noun === madame f plural of madama === References === == 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 === Borrowed from French madame. === Pronunciation === 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) === Further reading === “madame”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “madame”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 ==== ==== See also ==== madam === References === “madame”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “madame”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)