different between lades vs ladies

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?dz

Verb

lades

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lade

Anagrams

• Dales, Delas, Slade, dales, deals, desal, lased, leads, seal'd, slade

Danish

Noun

lades c

1. indefinite genitive singular of lade

Verb

lades

1. infinitive passive form of lade

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

lades

1. Plural form of lade

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lades

1. passive form of lade

Swedish

Verb

lades

1. past tense passive of lägga.

Anagrams

• adels, delas, ledas, sadel

English

Etymology

As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?diz/

Noun

ladies

1. plural of lady
   • 2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:

     He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.

Coordinate terms

• gents, gentlemen, men, sirs

Derived terms

• ladies and gentlemen

Noun

ladies (uncountable)

1. (Britain, euphemistic) A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:bathroom

Coordinate terms

• gents, gentlemen, men, sirs
• men's

See also

• madams, mesdames
• Appendix:Special uses of possessives in English

References

• ladies at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aisled, aslide, deasil, ideals, sailed, sideal

French

Alternative forms

• ladys

Noun

ladies f

1. plural of lady

Anagrams

• délais, délias, laides