madame

«madame» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Madame, Mesdames) (French)

meaning for a pupil

1) (French) Madame is the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title for a woman. It sounds like «ma-DAM». tree →

2) In English it is used for a woman's title in fancy or foreign settings, such as «Madame Curie». tree →

sense in the lessons

In French lessons: «Bonjour, Madame» — hello, madam. In history, Marie Curie is called Madame Curie. In stories, a fortune-teller or ballet teacher is often «Madame». Short form: Mme.

examples

• The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose suggestion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose sugges- tion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• «Bonjour, Madame Dupont!» said the children. tree →
• Madame Curie won two Nobel Prizes. tree →
• Our French teacher likes to be called Madame. tree →
• Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London. tree →
• «Merci, Madame,» I said to the shopkeeper. tree →
• The ballet teacher, Madame Rose, clapped the beat. tree →
• Madame was so very fond of Bellissima. tree →

note

French word. Plural: mesdames. English «madam» is spelled without -e; «madame» keeps the French spelling. Capital M when used as a title.

In the corpora

• Bonjour, madame and Bonjour, monsieur ("muh-SYUH") are the normal polite greetings, used by children too.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «madame» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.