lady

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di/
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• General-American: /ˈleɪ.di/
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• General-American: [ˈleɪ.ɾi]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈlɛj.dɪj/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlæɪ.di/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈlæɪ.ɾi]
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• Scotland: /ˈle.de/
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• Scotland: /-dɪ/
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• Scotland: /-di/
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• Wales: /ˈleːdi/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪdi
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• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh-der. Proto-Germanic *daigijǭder. Old English dǣġe Old English hlǣfdīġe Middle English lady English lady From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf (“bread, loaf”) + dǣġe (“kneader”), related to Old English dǣġe (“maker of dough”) (whence dey (“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad.

393 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zonjë — mistress of a household
• Arabic: رَبَّة (rabba) — mistress of a household
• Arabic: رَبَّةْ اَلْبَيْت (rabbat al-bayt) — mistress of a household
• Arabic: رَبَّةْ اَلْمَنْزِل (rabbat al-manzil) — mistress of a household
• Arabic: ست البيت (set il-bēt) — mistress of a household
• Arabic: ربة منزل (rabet manzel) — mistress of a household
• Armenian: տանտիկին (tantikin) — mistress of a household
• Basque: andre — mistress of a household
• Bulgarian: стопа́нка (stopánka) — mistress of a household
• Chinese Mandarin: 女主人 (nǚzhǔrén) — mistress of a household
• Egyptian: H-nw:t-B1 (ḥnwt) — mistress of a household
• Esperanto: domestrino — mistress of a household
• Finnish: emäntä — mistress of a household
• Finnish: rouva — mistress of a household
• Galician: dona — mistress of a household
• Galician: señora — mistress of a household
• German: Herrin des Hauses — mistress of a household
• German: Hausherrin — mistress of a household
• German: Ehefrau des Hausherrn — mistress of a household
• German: Frau des Hauses — mistress of a household
• Greek: νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá) — mistress of a household
• Ancient Greek: πότνια (pótnia) — mistress of a household
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊 (po-ti-ni-ja) — mistress of a household
• Irish: bantiarna — mistress of a household
• Latin: domina — mistress of a household
• Latvian: saimniece — mistress of a household
• Macedonian: стопанка (stopanka) — mistress of a household
• Macedonian: газдарица (gazdarica) — mistress of a household
• Middle English: lady — mistress of a household
• Middle English: dame — mistress of a household
• Old English: hlæfdige — mistress of a household
• Persian: کدبانو (kadbânu) — mistress of a household
• Portuguese: ama — mistress of a household
• Romanian: doamnă — mistress of a household
• Russian: хозя́йка (xozjájka) — mistress of a household
• Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna — mistress of a household
• Serbo-Croatian: gospodarica — mistress of a household
• Serbo-Croatian: gazdarica — mistress of a household
• Lower Sorbian: kněni — mistress of a household
• Spanish: ama — mistress of a household
• Swahili: msichana — mistress of a household
• Swedish: fru — mistress of a household
• Swedish: herrinna — mistress of a household
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — mistress of a household
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — mistress of a household
• Vietnamese: nữ chủ nhân — mistress of a household
• Vietnamese: bà chủ — mistress of a household
• Zulu: inkosikazi class 9/6 — mistress of a household
• Afrikaans: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Albanian: zonjë — woman of breeding and authority
• Arabic: خَاتُون (ḵātūn) — woman of breeding and authority
• Arabic: سَيِّدَة (sayyida) — woman of breeding and authority
• Arabic: هَانِم (hānim) — woman of breeding and authority
• Arabic: هانم (hānem) — woman of breeding and authority
• Aromanian: chirã — woman of breeding and authority
• Azerbaijani: xanım — woman of breeding and authority
• Belarusian: спада́рыня (spadárynja) — woman of breeding and authority
• Belarusian: па́ні (páni) — woman of breeding and authority
• Belarusian: лэ́дзі (lédzi) — woman of breeding and authority
• Belarusian: да́ма (dáma) — woman of breeding and authority
• Bhojpuri: महिला (mahilā) — woman of breeding and authority
• Breton: itron — woman of breeding and authority
• Bulgarian: да́ма (dáma) — woman of breeding and authority
• Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) — woman of breeding and authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 女士 (nǚshì) — woman of breeding and authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 貴婦 /贵妇 (guìfù) — woman of breeding and authority
• Cornish: arlodhes — woman of breeding and authority
• Czech: dáma — woman of breeding and authority
• Danish: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Dutch: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Esperanto: sinjorino — woman of breeding and authority
• Finnish: rouva — woman of breeding and authority
• French: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• French: madame — woman of breeding and authority
• French: lady — woman of breeding and authority
• Friulian: signore — woman of breeding and authority
• Friulian: done — woman of breeding and authority
• Friulian: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Galician: dona — woman of breeding and authority
• Galician: señora — woman of breeding and authority
• Georgian: ქალბატონი (kalbaṭoni) — woman of breeding and authority
• German: Dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Greek: κυρία (kyría) — woman of breeding and authority
• Irish: bean uasal — woman of breeding and authority
• Irish: bantiarna — woman of breeding and authority
• Italian: signora — woman of breeding and authority
• Italian: dama — woman of breeding and authority
• Italian: lady — woman of breeding and authority
• Japanese: 婦人 (fujin) — woman of breeding and authority
• Japanese: 奥方 (okugata) — woman of breeding and authority
• Japanese: 淑女 (shukujo) — woman of breeding and authority
• Japanese: レディ (redi) — woman of breeding and authority
• Korean: 레이디 (reidi) — woman of breeding and authority
• Korean: 부인 (bu'in) — woman of breeding and authority
• Korean: 숙녀 (sungnyeo) — woman of breeding and authority
• Latin: domina — woman of breeding and authority
• Latvian: dāma — woman of breeding and authority
• Lithuanian: ponia — woman of breeding and authority
• Macedonian: дама (dama) — woman of breeding and authority
• Manx: benchiarn — woman of breeding and authority
• Middle English: lady — woman of breeding and authority
• Middle English: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Norwegian: dame — woman of breeding and authority
• Occitan: dòna — woman of breeding and authority
• Old English: drihtlice — woman of breeding and authority
• Old English: ides — woman of breeding and authority
• Old English: freo — woman of breeding and authority
• Old English: hlæfdige — woman of breeding and authority
• Pashto: مېرمنه (mermᶕna) — woman of breeding and authority
• Persian: بانو (bânu) — woman of breeding and authority
• Persian: ستی (sati) — woman of breeding and authority
• Persian: مادام (mâdâm) — woman of breeding and authority
• Persian: خانم (xânom) — woman of breeding and authority
• Persian: خاتون (xâtun) — woman of breeding and authority
• Polish: pani — woman of breeding and authority
• Polish: dama — woman of breeding and authority
• Portuguese: senhora — woman of breeding and authority
• Portuguese: dona — woman of breeding and authority
• Portuguese: dama — woman of breeding and authority
• Romani: rani — woman of breeding and authority
• Romanian: doamnă — woman of breeding and authority
• Russian: ле́ди (lédi) — woman of breeding and authority
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — woman of breeding and authority
• Russian: суда́рыня (sudárynja) — woman of breeding and authority
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — woman of breeding and authority
• Scottish Gaelic: bean-uasal — woman of breeding and authority
• Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna — woman of breeding and authority
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-mhorair — woman of breeding and authority
• Slovak: dáma — woman of breeding and authority
• Lower Sorbian: kněni — woman of breeding and authority
• Spanish: señora — woman of breeding and authority
• Spanish: dama — woman of breeding and authority
• Tagalog: gining — woman of breeding and authority
• Tajik: хонум (xonum) — woman of breeding and authority
• Tajik: бону (bonu) — woman of breeding and authority
• Turkish: hanım — woman of breeding and authority
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — woman of breeding and authority
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — woman of breeding and authority
• Ukrainian: па́ні (páni) — woman of breeding and authority
• Ukrainian: ле́ді (lédi) — woman of breeding and authority
• Ukrainian: да́ма (dáma) — woman of breeding and authority
• Urdu: خاتون (xātūn) — woman of breeding and authority
• Uzbek: xonim — woman of breeding and authority
• Vietnamese: quý bà — woman of breeding and authority
• Welsh: arglwyddes — woman of breeding and authority
• Welsh: boneddiges — woman of breeding and authority
• Zulu: inkosikazi class 9/6 — woman of breeding and authority
• Marathi: लेडी (leḍī) — feminine of lord
• Albanian: zonjë — title for the wife a lord
• Arabic: لِيدِي (lēdī) — title for the wife a lord
• Arabic: ليدي (lēdī) — title for the wife a lord
• Belarusian: лэ́дзі (lédzi) — title for the wife a lord
• Breton: itron — title for the wife a lord
• Bulgarian: ле́йди (léjdi) — title for the wife a lord
• Cornish: arloedhes — title for the wife a lord
• Czech: dáma — title for the wife a lord
• Dutch: dame — title for the wife a lord
• Egyptian: H-nw:t-B1 (ḥnwt) — title for the wife a lord
• Esperanto: lordedzino — title for the wife a lord
• Finnish: lady — title for the wife a lord
• French: dame — title for the wife a lord
• French: madame — title for the wife a lord
• French: lady — title for the wife a lord
• Galician: dama — title for the wife a lord
• Galician: señora — title for the wife a lord
• Galician: dona — title for the wife a lord
• German: Frau — title for the wife a lord
• German: Herrin — title for the wife a lord
• German: Dame — title for the wife a lord
• Greek: λαίδη (laídi) — title for the wife a lord
• Hungarian: úrnő — title for the wife a lord
• Irish: bantiarna — title for the wife a lord
• Italian: signora — title for the wife a lord
• Italian: lady — title for the wife a lord
• Japanese: 夫人 (fujin) — title for the wife a lord
• Japanese: 奥方 (okugata) — title for the wife a lord
• Japanese: レディ (redi) — title for the wife a lord
• Korean: 레이디 (reidi) — title for the wife a lord
• Korean: 부인 (bu'in) — title for the wife a lord
• Latin: domina — title for the wife a lord
• Latvian: lēdija — title for the wife a lord
• Macedonian: дама (dama) — title for the wife a lord
• Macedonian: леди (ledi) — title for the wife a lord
• Manx: benchiarn — title for the wife a lord
• Māori: rēri — title for the wife a lord
• Middle English: lady — title for the wife a lord
• Old English: drihtlice — title for the wife a lord
• Old English: ides — title for the wife a lord
• Old English: freo — title for the wife a lord
• Old English: hlæfdige — title for the wife a lord
• Polish: pani — title for the wife a lord
• Polish: lady — title for the wife a lord
• Portuguese: senhora — title for the wife a lord
• Romanian: lady — title for the wife a lord
• Romanian: doamnă — title for the wife a lord
• Russian: ле́ди (lédi) — title for the wife a lord
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — title for the wife a lord
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — title for the wife a lord
• Russian: ба́рыня (bárynja) — title for the wife a lord
• Scottish Gaelic: baintighearna — title for the wife a lord
• Scottish Gaelic: leadaidh — title for the wife a lord
• Spanish: señora — title for the wife a lord
• Swedish: fru — title for the wife a lord
• Swedish: herrinna — title for the wife a lord
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — title for the wife a lord
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — title for the wife a lord
• Ukrainian: ле́ді (lédi) — title for the wife a lord
• Vietnamese: phu nhân — title for the wife a lord
• Welsh: arglwyddes — title for the wife a lord
• Zulu: inkosikazi class 9/6 — title for the wife a lord
• Finnish: rouva — title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness
• Finnish: rouva — polite: woman
• Afrikaans: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Albanian: zonjë — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: سَيِّدَة (sayyida) — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: سَيِّدَتِي (sayyidatī) — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: أُسْتَاذَة (ʔustāḏa) — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: هَانُم (hānum) — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: أستاذة (ʔostaza) — polite term referring to a woman
• Arabic: مدام (madām) — polite term referring to a woman
• Armenian: տիկին (tikin) — polite term referring to a woman
• Aromanian: chirã — polite term referring to a woman
• Azerbaijani: xanım — polite term referring to a woman
• Basque: andre — polite term referring to a woman
• Belarusian: спада́рыня (spadárynja) — polite term referring to a woman
• Belarusian: па́ні (páni) — polite term referring to a woman
• Breton: itron — polite term referring to a woman
• Bulgarian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — polite term referring to a woman
• Catalan: senyora — polite term referring to a woman
• Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) — polite term referring to a woman
• Chinese: тэтэ (tete) — polite term referring to a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 太太 (tàitai) — polite term referring to a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫人 (fūren) — polite term referring to a woman
• Czech: dáma — polite term referring to a woman
• Czech: paní — polite term referring to a woman
• Danish: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Dutch: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Esperanto: sinjorino — polite term referring to a woman
• Estonian: proua — polite term referring to a woman
• Finnish: rouva — polite term referring to a woman
• French: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• French: madame — polite term referring to a woman
• Friulian: signore — polite term referring to a woman
• Friulian: done — polite term referring to a woman
• Friulian: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Galician: dona — polite term referring to a woman
• Galician: señora — polite term referring to a woman
• Georgian: ქალბატონი (kalbaṭoni) — polite term referring to a woman
• German: Dame — polite term referring to a woman
• German: meine Dame — polite term referring to a woman
• German: Madam — polite term referring to a woman
• German: verehrte Frau — polite term referring to a woman
• Greek: κυρία (kyría) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hebrew: גברת \ גְבֶרֶת (gvéret) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hindi: महिला (mahilā) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hindi: महोदया (mahodyā) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hindi: श्रीमती (śrīmtī) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hindi: देवी (devī) — polite term referring to a woman
• Hungarian: hölgy — polite term referring to a woman
• Irish: bean uasal — polite term referring to a woman
• Istriot: duona — polite term referring to a woman
• Italian: signora — polite term referring to a woman
• Italian: dama — polite term referring to a woman
• Japanese: 奥様 (okusama) — polite term referring to a woman
• Japanese: 貴婦人 (kifujin) — polite term referring to a woman
• Kazakh: ханым (xanym) — polite term referring to a woman
• Korean: 아줌마 (ajumma) — polite term referring to a woman
• Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — polite term referring to a woman
• Central Kurdish: بانوو (banû) — polite term referring to a woman
• Central Kurdish: خانم (xanim) — polite term referring to a woman
• Central Kurdish: خاتوون (xatûn) — polite term referring to a woman
• Northern Kurdish: xanim — polite term referring to a woman
• Kyrgyz: айым (ayım) — polite term referring to a woman
• Latin: domina — polite term referring to a woman
• Latvian: kundze — polite term referring to a woman
• Latvian: dāma — polite term referring to a woman
• Lithuanian: ponia — polite term referring to a woman
• Louisiana Creole: fenm — polite term referring to a woman
• Macedonian: госпоѓа (gospoǵa) — polite term referring to a woman
• Malay: puan — polite term referring to a woman
• Middle English: lady — polite term referring to a woman
• Middle English: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Mongolian: хатагтай (xatagtaj) — polite term referring to a woman
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠭᠲᠠᠢ (qatuɣtai) — polite term referring to a woman
• Norwegian: dame — polite term referring to a woman
• Occitan: dòna — polite term referring to a woman
• Occitan: senhora — polite term referring to a woman
• Ossetian: ӕхсин (æxsin) — polite term referring to a woman
• Persian: خانم (xânom) — polite term referring to a woman
• Persian: مادام (mâdâm) — polite term referring to a woman
• Persian: بانو (bânu) — polite term referring to a woman
• Polish: pani — polite term referring to a woman
• Portuguese: dama — polite term referring to a woman
• Portuguese: moça — polite term referring to a woman
• Romanian: doamnă — polite term referring to a woman
• Romansh: dunna — polite term referring to a woman
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — polite term referring to a woman
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — polite term referring to a woman
• Russian: мада́м (madám) — polite term referring to a woman
• Russian: суда́рыня (sudárynja) — polite term referring to a woman
• Scottish Gaelic: bean-uasal — polite term referring to a woman
• Serbo-Croatian: го̏спођа — polite term referring to a woman
• Serbo-Croatian: gȍspođa — polite term referring to a woman
• Slovak: pani — polite term referring to a woman
• Slovene: gospa — polite term referring to a woman
• Spanish: señora — polite term referring to a woman
• Spanish: dama — polite term referring to a woman
• Swedish: dam — polite term referring to a woman
• Tajik: хонум (xonum) — polite term referring to a woman
• Tajik: бону (bonu) — polite term referring to a woman
• Talysh: خنم (xanəm) — polite term referring to a woman
• Telugu: మహిళ (mahiḷa) — polite term referring to a woman
• Turkish: hanımefendi — polite term referring to a woman
• Turkish: hanım — polite term referring to a woman
• Turkish: bayan — polite term referring to a woman
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — polite term referring to a woman
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — polite term referring to a woman
• Turkmen: hanym — polite term referring to a woman
• Ukrainian: па́ні (páni) — polite term referring to a woman
• Urdu: صاحبہ (sāhiba) — polite term referring to a woman
• Urdu: بانو (bānū) — polite term referring to a woman
• Urdu: مہیلا (mahilā) — polite term referring to a woman
• Uyghur: خېنىم (xënim) — polite term referring to a woman
• Uyghur: خانىم (xanim) — polite term referring to a woman
• Uzbek: xonim — polite term referring to a woman
• Vietnamese: quý bà — polite term referring to a woman
• Volapük: läd — polite term referring to a woman
• Zulu: inkosikazi class 9/6 — polite term referring to a woman
• Finnish: rouva — address to a female
• Finnish: neiti — address to a female
• Scottish Gaelic: leadaidh — address to a female
• Chinese Mandarin: 女廁所 /女厕所 — toilets intended for use by women
• Dutch: damestoilet — toilets intended for use by women
• Finnish: naiset — toilets intended for use by women
• Finnish: naistenhuone — toilets intended for use by women
• German: Damentoilette — toilets intended for use by women
• Hindi: महिला (mahilā) — toilets intended for use by women
• Hungarian: hölgyek — toilets intended for use by women
• Hungarian: női mosdó — toilets intended for use by women
• Hungarian: női WC — toilets intended for use by women
• Japanese: 女性用トイレ (josei yō toire) — toilets intended for use by women
• Latvian: sieviešu tualete — toilets intended for use by women
• Macedonian: женски тоале́т (ženski toalét) — toilets intended for use by women
• Persian: بانوان (bânovân) — toilets intended for use by women
• Portuguese: damas — toilets intended for use by women
• Portuguese: elas — toilets intended for use by women
• Romanian: dame — toilets intended for use by women
• Romanian: femei — toilets intended for use by women
• Russian: же́нский туале́т (žénskij tualét) — toilets intended for use by women
• Spanish: baño de damas — toilets intended for use by women
• Swedish: damtoalett — toilets intended for use by women
• Finnish: rouva — queen of playing cards
• Finnish: nais- — with a professional title: who is a woman
• Finnish: rouva — slang: queen in chess
• Breton: Itron — aristocratic title for a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 小姐 (xiǎojiě) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫人 (fūren) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Esperanto: Damo — aristocratic title for a woman
• French: Dame — aristocratic title for a woman
• French: Madame — aristocratic title for a woman
• German: Frau — aristocratic title for a woman
• German: Herrin — aristocratic title for a woman
• German: Dame — aristocratic title for a woman
• Irish: Bantiarna — aristocratic title for a woman
• Italian: Signora — aristocratic title for a woman
• Japanese: 令嬢 (Reijō) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Japanese: 御前 (gozen) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Japanese: 姫 (hime) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Japanese: 奥方 (okugata) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Korean: 아가씨 (Agassi) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Korean: 부인 (bu'in) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Latin: Domina — aristocratic title for a woman
• Macedonian: да́ма (dáma) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Macedonian: ле́ди (lédi) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Maltese: Sinjura — aristocratic title for a woman
• Norwegian: frue — aristocratic title for a woman
• Persian: بانو (bânu) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Polish: Pani — aristocratic title for a woman
• Portuguese: Senhora — aristocratic title for a woman
• Russian: ле́ди (lédi) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — aristocratic title for a woman
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhean-uasal — aristocratic title for a woman
• Scottish Gaelic: Baintighearna — aristocratic title for a woman
• Spanish: Señora — aristocratic title for a woman
• Swedish: Fru — aristocratic title for a woman
• Turkish: Leydi — aristocratic title for a woman
• Turkish: hanımefendi — aristocratic title for a woman
• Turkish: hanım — aristocratic title for a woman
• Vietnamese: phu nhân — aristocratic title for a woman
• Welsh: Arglwyddes — aristocratic title for a woman
• Welsh: Boneddiges — aristocratic title for a woman
• Welsh: Bonesig — aristocratic title for a woman