madam

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• /ˈmædəm/
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• [ˈmædəm] ~ [ˈmædm̩]
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• Philippines, colloquial, nonstandard: /mɐˈdam/
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• Philippines, colloquial, nonstandard: [mɐˈdam]
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• obsolete: /ˈmeɪdəm/
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• obsolete: [ˈmeɪdəm]
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• rhymes with -ædəm
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 D AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (“my”) + dame (“lady”), from post-classical Latin mea domina. Doublet of Madonna.

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zonjë — polite term of address to a woman
• Arabic: سَيِّدَة (sayyida) — polite term of address to a woman
• Arabic: سَيِّدَتِي (sayyidatī) — polite term of address to a woman
• Arabic: أُسْتَاذَة (ʔustāḏa) — polite term of address to a woman
• Arabic: مَدَام (madām) — polite term of address to a woman
• Armenian: տիկին (tikin) — polite term of address to a woman
• Azerbaijani: xanım — polite term of address to a woman
• Azerbaijani: madam — polite term of address to a woman
• Basque: andere — polite term of address to a woman
• Belarusian: спада́рыня (spadárynja) — polite term of address to a woman
• Belarusian: па́ні (páni) — polite term of address to a woman
• Belarusian: мада́м (madám) — polite term of address to a woman
• Bengali: ঠাকরূণ (ṭhakrun) — polite term of address to a woman
• Bengali: শ্রীমতী (srimoti) — polite term of address to a woman
• Bulgarian: госпо́жо (gospóžo) — polite term of address to a woman
• Bulgarian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — polite term of address to a woman
• Bulgarian: мада́м (madám) — polite term of address to a woman
• Burmese: ဒေါ် (dau) — polite term of address to a woman
• Burmese: ခင်ဗျာ (hkangbya) — polite term of address to a woman
• Burmese: ရှင် (hrang) — polite term of address to a woman
• Cherokee: ᎠᎨᏴ (ageyv) — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Cantonese: 太太 — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Cantonese: 女士 (neoi5 si6) — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Cantonese: 夫人 — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese: тэтэ (tete) — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 太太 (tàitai) — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 女士 (nǚshì) — polite term of address to a woman
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫人 (fūrén) — polite term of address to a woman
• Czech: paní — polite term of address to a woman
• Danish: frue — polite term of address to a woman
• Dutch: mevrouw — polite term of address to a woman
• Esperanto: sinjorino — polite term of address to a woman
• Estonian: proua — polite term of address to a woman
• Finnish: rouva — polite term of address to a woman
• French: madame — polite term of address to a woman
• Georgian: ქალბატონი (kalbaṭoni) — polite term of address to a woman
• German: Frau — polite term of address to a woman
• German: Fräulein — polite term of address to a woman
• Greek: κυρία (kyría) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hebrew: גברת \ גְבֶרֶת (gvéret) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hindi: महोदया (mahodyā) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hindi: साहिबा (sāhibā) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hindi: श्रीमती (śrīmtī) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hindi: बानू (bānū) — polite term of address to a woman
• Hungarian: asszonyom — polite term of address to a woman
• Hungarian: hölgyem — polite term of address to a woman
• Icelandic: frú — polite term of address to a woman
• Indonesian: nyonya — polite term of address to a woman
• Indonesian: puan — polite term of address to a woman
• Italian: signora — polite term of address to a woman
• Japanese: 奥様 (okusama) — polite term of address to a woman
• Japanese: 奥さん (okusan) — polite term of address to a woman
• Kabuverdianu: nha — polite term of address to a woman
• Kazakh: ханым (xanym) — polite term of address to a woman
• Kazakh: мадам (madam) — polite term of address to a woman
• Khmer: លោកស្រី (look srəy) — polite term of address to a woman
• Khmer: អ្នកស្រី (nĕək srəy) — polite term of address to a woman
• Korean: 아씨 (assi) — polite term of address to a woman
• Korean: 아가씨 (agassi) — polite term of address to a woman
• Korean: 아줌마 (ajumma) — polite term of address to a woman
• Northern Kurdish: xanim — polite term of address to a woman
• Northern Kurdish: madam — polite term of address to a woman
• Kyrgyz: айым (ayım) — polite term of address to a woman
• Kyrgyz: мадам (madam) — polite term of address to a woman
• Lao: ມາດາມ (mā dām) — polite term of address to a woman
• Latvian: kundze — polite term of address to a woman
• Lithuanian: ponia — polite term of address to a woman
• Macedonian: госпоѓа (gospoǵa) — polite term of address to a woman
• Malay: puan — polite term of address to a woman
• Māori: whae — polite term of address to a woman
• Middle English: madame — polite term of address to a woman
• Middle English: dame — polite term of address to a woman
• Middle English: lady — polite term of address to a woman
• Mongolian: хатагтай (xatagtaj) — polite term of address to a woman
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠭᠲᠠᠢ (qatuɣtai) — polite term of address to a woman
• Norwegian Bokmål: frue — polite term of address to a woman
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frue — polite term of address to a woman
• Pashto: بېګم (begóm) — polite term of address to a woman
• Pashto: مېرمن (mermᶕn) — polite term of address to a woman
• Dari: خَانُم (xānum) — polite term of address to a woman
• Dari: بَانُو (bānū) — polite term of address to a woman
• Dari: مَادَام (mādām) — polite term of address to a woman
• Iranian Persian: خانُم (xânom) — polite term of address to a woman
• Iranian Persian: بانو (bânu) — polite term of address to a woman
• Iranian Persian: مادام (mâdâm) — polite term of address to a woman
• Polish: pani — polite term of address to a woman
• Portuguese: madame — polite term of address to a woman
• Portuguese: madama — polite term of address to a woman
• Portuguese: senhora — polite term of address to a woman
• Romanian: doamnă — polite term of address to a woman
• Romanian: madam — polite term of address to a woman
• Russian: госпожа́ (gospožá) — polite term of address to a woman
• Russian: мада́м (madám) — polite term of address to a woman
• Russian: суда́рыня (sudárynja) — polite term of address to a woman
• Russian: ба́рыня (bárynja) — polite term of address to a woman
• Russian: да́ма (dáma) — polite term of address to a woman
• Serbo-Croatian: го̏спођа — polite term of address to a woman
• Serbo-Croatian: gȍspođa — polite term of address to a woman
• Slovak: pani — polite term of address to a woman
• Slovene: gospa — polite term of address to a woman
• Spanish: señora — polite term of address to a woman
• Swedish: frun — polite term of address to a woman
• Swedish: damen — polite term of address to a woman
• Tajik: хонум (xonum) — polite term of address to a woman
• Tajik: бону (bonu) — polite term of address to a woman
• Thai: แหม่ม (mɛ̀m) — polite term of address to a woman
• Thai: คุณนาย (kun-naai) — polite term of address to a woman
• Thai: คุณหญิง (kun-yǐng) — polite term of address to a woman
• Turkish: hanımefendi — polite term of address to a woman
• Turkish: efendim — polite term of address to a woman
• Turkish: madam — polite term of address to a woman
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — polite term of address to a woman
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — polite term of address to a woman
• Turkmen: hanym — polite term of address to a woman
• Ukrainian: па́ні (páni) — polite term of address to a woman
• Ukrainian: мада́м (madám) — polite term of address to a woman
• Urdu: صاحِبَہ (sāhiba) — polite term of address to a woman
• Urdu: مَیڈَم (maiḍam) — polite term of address to a woman
• Urdu: بانُو (bānū) — polite term of address to a woman
• Urdu: مَہِیلا (mahīlā) — polite term of address to a woman
• Uyghur: خېنىم (xënim) — polite term of address to a woman
• Uyghur: خانىم (xanim) — polite term of address to a woman
• Uzbek: xonim — polite term of address to a woman
• Uzbek: bekam — polite term of address to a woman
• Uzbek: madam — polite term of address to a woman
• Venetan: siora — polite term of address to a woman
• Vietnamese: bà — polite term of address to a woman
• Vietnamese: chị — polite term of address to a woman
• Vietnamese: cô — polite term of address to a woman
• Yiddish: פֿראַו (frau) — polite term of address to a woman
• Zulu: inkosikazi — polite term of address to a woman
• Zulu: unkosikazi class 1a/2a — polite term of address to a woman
• Zulu: uma class 1a/2a — polite term of address to a woman
• Bulgarian: господа́рка (gospodárka) — mistress of a household
• Italian: padrona di casa — mistress of a household
• Portuguese: madame — mistress of a household
• Portuguese: madama — mistress of a household
• Russian: хозя́йка (xozjájka) — mistress of a household
• Ottoman Turkish: قادین (kadın) — mistress of a household
• Ottoman Turkish: سیده (seyyide) — mistress of a household
• Polish: królewna — conceited girl
• Venetan: ciacola — conceited girl
• Venetan: ciacolona — conceited girl
• Azerbaijani: mama roza — woman who manages a brothel
• Azerbaijani: qəhbəbaşı — woman who manages a brothel
• Bulgarian: мада́м (madám) — woman who manages a brothel
• Bulgarian: мада́ма (madáma) — woman who manages a brothel
• Czech: bordelmamá — woman who manages a brothel
• Dutch: hoerenmadam — woman who manages a brothel
• Esperanto: bordelistino — woman who manages a brothel
• Finnish: matami — woman who manages a brothel
• French: mère maquerelle — woman who manages a brothel
• French: maquerelle — woman who manages a brothel
• French: tenancière — woman who manages a brothel
• French: tenancière d’une maison close — woman who manages a brothel
• French: souteneuse — woman who manages a brothel
• German: Puffmutter — woman who manages a brothel
• German: Bordellwirtin — woman who manages a brothel
• Greek: τσατσά (tsatsá) — woman who manages a brothel
• Greek: ματρώνα (matróna) — woman who manages a brothel
• Greek: μαντάμ (mantám) — woman who manages a brothel
• Italian: madama — woman who manages a brothel
• Latin: lēna — woman who manages a brothel
• Norwegian Bokmål: bordellmamma — woman who manages a brothel
• Norwegian Bokmål: horemamma — woman who manages a brothel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bordellmamma — woman who manages a brothel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: horemamma — woman who manages a brothel
• Polish: burdelmama — woman who manages a brothel
• Polish: bajzelmama — woman who manages a brothel
• Portuguese: cafetina — woman who manages a brothel
• Spanish: cabrona — woman who manages a brothel
• Spanish: mami — woman who manages a brothel
• Swedish: bordellmamma — woman who manages a brothel
• Thai: แม่เล้า (mɛ̂ɛ-láo) — woman who manages a brothel
• Thai: มาม่า (maa-mâa) — woman who manages a brothel
• Thai: มาม่าซัง (maa-mâa-sang) — woman who manages a brothel
• Turkish: mama — woman who manages a brothel
• Yiddish: מומע (mume) — woman who manages a brothel
• Finnish: rouvitella — to address as "madam"