ladies and gentlemen

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Around 1750, the form gentlemen and ladies was more common, but from 1770 the ladies-first word order predominates.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَيِّدَاتِي وَسَادَتِي (sayyidātī wa-sādatī) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Armenian: տիկնայք եւ պարոնայք (tiknaykʻ ew paronaykʻ) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Azerbaijani: xanımlar və bəylər — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Azerbaijani: xanımlar və ağalar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Azerbaijani: xanımlar və cənablar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Belarusian: па́нства (pánstva) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Belarusian: шано́ўнае спада́рства (šanównaje spadárstva) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Belarusian: да́мы і спада́ры (dámy i spadáry) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Belarusian: па́ні і пано́ве (páni i panóvje) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Bulgarian: дами и господа (dami i gospoda) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Burmese: လူကြီးမင်းများခင်ဗျား (lu-kri:mang:mya:hkangbya:) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Burmese: မိဘပြည်သူများ (mi.bha.pranysu-mya:) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Catalan: senyores i senyors — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Chinese Mandarin: 女士們,先生們 /女士们 — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Chinese Mandarin: 先生们 (nǚshìmen, xiānshengmen) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Chinese Mandarin: 各位 (gèwèi) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Chinese Mandarin: 各位來賓 /各位来宾 (gèwèi láibīn) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Czech: dámy a pánové — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Danish: mine damer og herrer — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Dutch: dames en heren — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Esperanto: gesinjoroj — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Finnish: hyvät naiset ja herrat — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• French: Mesdames et Messieurs — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• French: messieurs-dames — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Georgian: ქალბატონებო და ბატონებო (kalbaṭonebo da baṭonebo) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• German: Damen und Herren — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• German: meine Damen und Herren — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• German: Herrschaften — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Greek: κυρίες και κύριοι (kyríes kai kýrioi) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Hebrew: גבירותי ורבותי (gvirotay verabotay) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Hindi: देवियो और सज्जनों (deviyo aur sajjanõ) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Hungarian: hölgyeim és uraim — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Icelandic: dömur mínar og herrar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Indonesian: tuan-tuan dan nyonya-nyonya — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Indonesian: hadirin sekalian — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Indonesian: saudara-saudara — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Irish: a dhaoine uaisle — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Italian: signore e signori — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Japanese: 御列席の皆様 (go-resseki no minasama) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Japanese: 御来場の皆様 (go-raijō no minasama) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Japanese: 皆様 (minasama) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Korean: 여러분 (yeoreobun) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Korean: 신사숙녀 여러분 (sinsasungnyeo yeoreobun) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Lithuanian: ponios ir ponai — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Macanese: nhunhum co nhonhônha — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Malay: tuan-tuan dan puan-puan — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Pattani Malay: adek kakok — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Mongolian: ноёд хатагтай нар аа (nojod xatagtaj nar aa) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Navajo: shidineʼé — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Navajo: shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé, átaháásiiłóó — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Navajo: hastóí dóó sáanii — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Norwegian: mine damer og herrer — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Persian: خانمها و آقایان (xânom-hâ va âqâyân) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Polish: panie i panowie — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Portuguese: senhoras e senhores — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Romanian: doamnelor și domnilor — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Russian: господа́ (gospodá) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Russian: да́мы и господа́ (dámy i gospodá) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Serbo-Croatian: даме и господо — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Serbo-Croatian: dame i gospodo — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Slovak: dámy a páni — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Spanish: señoras y señores — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Spanish: damas y caballeros — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Swedish: mina damer och herrar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Tagalog: mga binibini at mga ginoo — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Thai: สุภาพบุรุษและสุภาพสตรี (sù-pâap-bù-rùt-lɛ́-sù-pâap-sà-dtrii) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Turkish: bayanlar ve baylar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Turkish: bayanlar baylar — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Turkish: hanımlar ve beyler — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Turkish: hanımefendiler ve beyefendiler — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Ukrainian: па́нство (pánstvo) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Ukrainian: па́ні й пано́ве (páni j panóve) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Urdu: خواتین و حضرات (xawātīn-o-hazrāt) — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Vietnamese: (quý) ông bà — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Vietnamese: (quý) ông bà anh chị em — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Vietnamese: (quý) cô bác anh chị em — phrase used to address an audience of men and women
• Welsh: boneddigion a boneddigesau — phrase used to address an audience of men and women