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English

Etymology

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”), ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”) or from Latin domus (“home, house”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build (up)”)). Doublet of domina and donna.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /de?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Noun

dame (plural dames)

1. (Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
2. (Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
3. (Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
4. (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.
5. (archaic) A lady, a woman.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:woman

Derived terms

• beldame
• dame school
• damehood
• damely

Related terms

Translations

See also

• knight
• madam
• madame
• sir

References

Further reading

• dame (title) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dame (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Adem, Edam, MEDA, Mead, made, mead

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dame, from Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Noun

dame (plural dames, diminutive dametjie)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame (“lady”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?m?/, [?d?æ?m?]

Noun

dame c (singular definite damen, plural indefinite damer)

1. (polite) lady, woman (adult female)
2. lady (adult female with a cultivated appearance)
3. (informal) girlfriend
4. (card games) queen

Inflection

Derived terms

• damet (“ladyish, ladylike”)

See also

• dame on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Dame (kort) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.m?/
• Hyphenation: da?me
• Rhymes: -a?m?

Noun

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

1. lady
   1. noblewoman
   2. Polite term or title of address for any (adult or adolescent) woman.
2. (chess, card games) queen

   Synonym: koningin

Derived terms

• damesblad
• damesfiets
• dameskapper
• dameskleding
• damestoilet
• dameszadel
• eredame
• hofdame

Related terms

• madam

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dame

See also

Anagrams

• adem, made

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dam/
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

dame f (plural dames)

1. A lady
2. A polite form of address for a woman.
3. (chess) queen
4. (card games) queen

Usage notes

Occasionally, in very formal or official registers, dame can be used as a title with a woman's name, for example dame Jeanne Dupont. Normal usage would be Madame Jeanne Dupont.

Synonyms

• d^e, lady, madame

Derived terms

• dame blanche
• dame d'attendre
• dame d'honneur
• Dame Nature
• grande dame
• jeu de dames
• madame

Descendants

• ? Catalan: dama
• ? Friulian: dame
• ? Galician: dama
• ? German: Dame
• ? Polish: dama
• ? Portuguese: dama
• ? Romanian: dam?
• ? Spanish: dama

See also

Further reading

• “dame” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

dame f

1. plural of dama

Japanese

Romanization

dame

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Alternative forms

• damme, dam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?m(?)/, /?dam(?)/

Noun

dame (plural dames)

1. lady (high-ranking or noble woman):
   1. abbess (governor of a nunnery)
   2. (rare) A female anchorite (with servants)
2. A housewife (mistress of a family)
3. A mother (of humans, animals, or plants)
4. A term of address for a noble lady.
5. A respectful term of address for any woman (sometimes sarcastic).

Related terms

• madame
• stepdame

Descendants

• English: dame; dam
• Scots: dame, deem; dam

References

• “d?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

dame

1. Alternative form of dam (“dam”)

Etymology 3

Verb

dame

1. Alternative form of dampnen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin domina, via Old French dame and late Old Norse damma.

Noun

dame f or m (definite singular dama or damen, indefinite plural damer, definite plural damene)

1. a lady, woman
2. (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
3. (card games) a queen

Derived terms

References

• “dame” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin domina, via Old French dame and late Old Norse damma.

Noun

dame f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer, definite plural damene)

1. a lady, woman
2. (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
3. (card games) a queen

Derived terms

References

• “dame” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dãm?]
• Rhymes: -am?

Noun

dame f (oblique plural dames, nominative singular dame, nominative plural dames)

1. lady; woman

Usage notes

• Unlike in modern French, fame usually refers to a wife, while dame refers to a woman.

Descendants

• Bourguignon: daime
• Franc-Comtois: daime
• ? Italian: dama
• Lorrain: daime
• ? Middle English: dame, damme, dam
  • English: dame; dam
  • Scots: dame, deem; dam
• Middle French: dame
  • French: dame
    • ? Catalan: dama
    • ? Friulian: dame
    • ? Galician: dama
    • ? German: Dame
    • ? Polish: dama
    • ? Portuguese: dama
    • ? Romanian: dam?
    • ? Spanish: dama
  • ? Middle Dutch: dame
    • Dutch: dame
• Norman: dame
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: dame
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: dame
• Picard: danme

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dame]

Noun

dame f

1. indefinite plural of dam?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of dam?

Spanish

Verb

dame

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun me: give me!

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