different between dama vs damma

English

Noun

dama (uncountable)

1. The game of Turkish draughts.

See also

• dama gazelle

Anagrams

• A.A.M.D., Adam

Asturian

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. (chess) queen

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina, whence also dona.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?da.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
2. (chess) queen

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dama

1. the game of checkers
2. (checkers) a king
3. a demijohn

Verb

dama

1. (checkers) to crown a king

Cornish

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

1. mother, dam

Synonyms

• mamm/mabm

Derived terms

• dama-wydn

See also

• sira/syra

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/
• Homophones: damas, damât

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams

• Adam

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame, woman of high status
2. (chess) queen

Synonyms

• (chess queen): raíña

See also

Garo

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dama

1. drum

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ma/
• Rhymes: -a?ma

Noun

dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

1. lady (also used as a third person address)

Declension

Derived terms

• dömur mínar og herrar

See also

• frú
• lafði

Anagrams

• Adam

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da?ma
• IPA^(key): /?dama/

Noun

dama

1. (board games) checkers (US); draughts (UK)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame. Doublet of donna.

Noun

dama f (plural dame)

1. lady
2. (board games, in the singular) draughts / checkers
3. king (in draughts/checkers)
4. draughtboard / checkerboard
5. queen (playing card)

Synonyms

• (lady): donna (archaic), lady, signora

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular present indicative of damare
2. second-person singular imperative of damare

Jamamadí

Verb

dama

1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

dama

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kashubian

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. weir
3. pavement

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (damà) IPA^(key): [d???m?]
• (dãma) IPA^(key): [?d?ä??m?]

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

Declension

See also

• (lady): ponia
• (queen): karalien?

References

Anagrams

• mada

Maquiritari

Noun

dama

1. The ocean or sea, which surrounds the earth and is connected via underground rivers to Lake Akuena in the mythological Sky.

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• de Civrieux, Marc. Watunna.

Maranao

Etymology

From Spanish damas.

Noun

dama

1. checkers, draughts

Derived terms

• damadama (“checkered”)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• damen

Noun

dama m or f

1. definite feminine singular of dame

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dama f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer or damor, definite plural damene or damone)

1. definite singular of dame
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by dame

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?a/

Verb

·dama

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Polish

Etymology

From French dame, Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

Declension

See also

Further reading

• dama in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?d?.m?/
• Hyphenation: da?ma
• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dama]

Noun

dama f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dam?

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ma/
• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. lady
2. (chess, card games) queen

Declension

See also

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dà?ma/

Noun

dáma f

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

Inflection

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dama/, [?d?a.ma]
• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dama f (plural damas, masculine caballero, masculine plural caballeros)

1. lady, dame

   Synonyms: señora, ama

2. (chess) queen

   Synonym: reina

Derived terms

See also

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

1. draughts, checkers

Synonyms

• drafti

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /d??ma/

Etymology 1

Noun

damá

1. feeling; perception

   Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam

2. opinion about something

   Synonyms: kuro, kuru-kuro, palagay

Adjective

damá

1. felt; perceived

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish damas.

Noun

dáma

1. checkers; draughts
2. (checkers) a king

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish dama (“lady, dame”).

Noun

dáma

1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting

   Synonym: abay

Related terms

• dama de noche, dama de-notse
• damahuwana

English

Alternative forms

• ?amma, Damma, dammah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?amma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ?????? (?amma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.

Noun

damma (plural dammas or damma)

1. (linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter (????) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter ?? (w?w) immediately follows, it indicates a long ? /u?/.

Translations

See also

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fatha
• kasra
• sukun
• shadda
• tashkil

Anagrams

• Madam, madam

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?amma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/

Noun

damma m (plural dammas)

1. damma

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”), the same root of Latin dom? (“I tame”) and English tame.

Noun

damma f (genitive dammae); first declension

1. A fallow deer

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• damma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• damma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old Frisian

Verb

damma

1. to dam

Oromo

Noun

damma

1. honey

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

damma

1. gerundive of dameti (“to tame”)
2. in need of taming, in need of restraint

Declension

References

“damma”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Swedish

Etymology

damm +? -a

Verb

damma (present dammar, preterite dammade, supine dammat, imperative damma)

1. (transitive) to dust, to remove dust

   Angela dammade ivrigt symaskinen.

   Angela eagerly dusted the sewing machine.

   att damma av

   to dust off

   att damma ned

   to cover with dust

   att damma på

   to punch, to hit (someone in a fight; as if with a duster)

2. (intransitive) to raise dust, to be dusty

   och så for han sin väg, så att det dammade omkring vagnen.

   and so he went away, so the dust whirled about the wagon.

Conjugation

Related terms

• damma av
• damma ned
• damma på
• dammborste
• dammhandduk
• dammig
• dammkorn
• dammrock
• dammvippa
• dammvirvel
• dammviska
• damning

References

• damma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• damma in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)