dame

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /deɪm/
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From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: daami — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Italian: dama — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Macedonian: да́ма (dáma) — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Māori: kahurangi — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Portuguese: dama — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Romanian: doamnă — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Russian: ле́ди (lédi) — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Russian: дейм (dejm) — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Serbo-Croatian: dama — title equivalent to Sir for a female knight
• Finnish: daami — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: białogłowa — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: dama — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: facetka — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: kobiałka — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: kobieta — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Polish: niewiasta — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Russian: да́мочка (dámočka) — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Russian: бабёнка (babjónka) — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Russian: ба́ба (bába) — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Russian: тётка (tjótka) — (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) a woman
• Macedonian: да́ма (dáma) — (archaic) lady, woman
• Macedonian: го́споѓа (góspoǵa) — (archaic) lady, woman
• Portuguese: dama — (archaic) lady, woman
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — (archaic) lady, woman
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — (archaic) lady, woman
• Russian: суда́рыня (sudárynja) — (archaic) lady, woman
• Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna — (archaic) lady, woman
• Serbo-Croatian: dama — (archaic) lady, woman
• Serbo-Croatian: gospa — (archaic) lady, woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 女爵 (nǚjué) — titular prefix given to a female
• Irish: Dáma — titular prefix given to a female
• Māori: Kahurangi — titular prefix given to a female
• Marathi: डेम (ḍem) — titular prefix given to a female