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matron
English
Etymology
From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin m?tr?na (“married woman”), from m?ter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?t??n/
- Rhymes: -e?t??n
Noun
matron (plural matrons)
- A mature or elderly woman.
- grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
- A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
- A woman of staid or motherly manners.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
- A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.
- (US) A female prison officer.
Derived terms
Related terms
- matrona
- matroneum
Translations
References
matron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Marton, Morant, Rotman, romant
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dame
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)
- (Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- (Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
- (Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
- (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.
- (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)
- lady
- (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)
- (polite) lady, woman (adult female)
- lady (adult female with a cultivated appearance)
- (informal) girlfriend
- (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)
- lady
- noblewoman
- Polite term or title of address for any (adult or adolescent) woman.
- (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)
- A lady
- A polite form of address for a woman.
- (chess) queen
- (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
- de, 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
- plural of dama
Japanese
Romanization
dame
- 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)
- lady (high-ranking or noble woman):
- abbess (governor of a nunnery)
- (rare) A female anchorite (with servants)
- A housewife (mistress of a family)
- A mother (of humans, animals, or plants)
- A term of address for a noble lady.
- 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
- Alternative form of dam (“dam”)
Etymology 3
Verb
dame
- 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)
- a lady, woman
- (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
- (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)
- a lady, woman
- (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
- (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)
- 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
- French: dame
- Norman: dame
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: dame
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: dame
- Picard: danme
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?dame]
Noun
dame f
- indefinite plural of dam?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of dam?
Spanish
Verb
dame
- Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun me: give me!
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