lady in English: A polite word for a woman. (noun)

Translation

A polite word for a woman.

Word origin

From Old English hlæfdige, meaning loaf kneader, the woman who made the bread for a household.

Gender

Pluralladies

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"Lady" is a polite way to speak about a woman.

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"Ladies" is the plural, used here to greet a group.

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Here "lady" tells you the neighbour is a woman.

woman

An adult female person.

man

An adult male human being.

girl

A female child, or a young female person.

wife

The woman a man is married to.

mother

A woman who has a child; your female parent.

madame

A polite title for a woman, taken from French and used before her name.

mister

A polite title used before a man's family name, almost always written short as Mr.

madam

A polite word used when you speak to a woman you do not know. The word for a man is sir.

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