madame in English: A polite title for a woman, taken from French and used before her name. (noun)

Translation

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

Word origin

From French madame, literally ma dame, my lady, from Latin domina, lady of the house.

, Dubois.

"Madame" goes before a woman's family name, like "Mrs".

addressed Lefèvre.

It keeps the French spelling with an e at the end.

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On its own it is a very polite way to speak to a woman; the English word is "madam".

madam

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

lady

A polite word for a woman.

woman

An adult female person.

miss

To fail to catch, hit, or reach something, or to feel sad that someone is not there.

name

The word that a person, place, or thing is called.

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