dame

1 informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]

2 a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady" [syn: madam, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]

English

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French from Latin domina

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

1. the equivalent title to Sir for a female knight

   Dame Edith Sitwell

2. informal South Pacific Slightly derogatory way of referring to a woman.

   There ain't nothin' like a dame!

3. Lady, woman.

Synonyms

• see

Translations

Related terms

• knight
• madam
• madame
• sir

Danish

Noun

dame

1. lady

Dutch

Noun

dame

1. lady
2. queen.

French

Etymology

From Latin domina

Pronunciation

• [daːm]

Noun

fr-noun f

1. A lady
2. A polite form of address for a woman.
3. queen
4. queen

Italian

Noun

dame

1. Plural of dama

Japanese

see damena

Noun

1. 駄目: no good; useless; hopeless

Norwegian

Noun

no-noun-c dam

1. lady, woman

Spanish

Verb

dame!

1. give me!

   dame is the second-person familiar imperative of dar, "to give", with the suffixed first-person singular indirect object pronoun me, "me".

Dame meaning "lady"; entered Middle English from Latin domina, mistress, via French dame, (/dam/).

A Dame may be:

• A female rank equivalent to a knight (e.g. Dame Grand Cross of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
• A female Seigneurie (i.e. Sibyl Hathaway, Dame of Sark)
• A title of respect for certain Benedictine nuns, for example those of the English Benedictine Congregation (e.g. Dame Laurentia McLachlan, late Abbess of Stanbrook, Dame Felicitas Corrigan, late author, abbess) -- the male equivalent being "Dom", derived from Latin "Dominus" (e.g. Dom John Chapman, late Abbot of Downside).
• A pantomime dame.
• An old word for the game pieces in the game of checkers.
• A woman. Slang from the 1940's.
• "Give me" is the Spanish Translation of "¡Dame!". (Pronounced "DAH-may").
• A word meaning "No" or "Not" in Japanese Language. In context, it usually comes across meaning "No good." This is a two-syllable word and, as such, has a different pronunciation from the other examples of "dame" in this list.
• "Dame", the second single from RBD's third studio album Celestial.
• Dame Edna Everage, is a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries.

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