# madame
## English
### Alternative forms

* Madame

### Etymology

Borrowed from French madame, from Old French ma dame (“my lady”). Doublet of madam and Madonna.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /məˈdæm/, /məˈdɑːm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
* (US) IPA: /məˈdæm/, /məˈdɑm/, /mæˈdæm/, /mæˈdɑm/, /ˈmæ.dəm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æm, -ɑm, -ædəm
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

madame (plural madames or mesdames)
* Alternative form of madam

#### Derived terms

* Madame Bishop
* Madame Mao

#### Related terms

* croque-madame
* grande madame
* Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
* Madame Jeanette
* Madame Tussaud's
* trou madame

### Anagrams

* ma'amed

## Finnish
### Etymology

From French madame.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑdɑm/, [ˈmɑ̝dɑ̝m]
* Rhymes: -ɑdɑm

### Noun

madame
* madam

#### Declension

Possessive forms of madame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madameni
madameni
accusative
nom.
madameni
madameni
gen.
madameni
genitive
madameni
madamejeni madameini $^{rare}$
partitive
madameani
madamejani
inessive
madamessani
madameissani
elative
madamestani
madameistani
illative
madameeni
madameihini
adessive
madamellani
madameillani
ablative
madameltani
madameiltani
allative
madamelleni
madameilleni
essive
madamenani
madameinani
translative
madamekseni
madameikseni
abessive
madamettani
madameittani
instructive
comitative
—madameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madamesi
madamesi
accusative
nom.
madamesi
madamesi
gen.
madamesi
genitive
madamesi
madamejesi madameisi $^{rare}$
partitive
madameasi
madamejasi
inessive
madamessasi
madameissasi
elative
madamestasi
madameistasi
illative
madameesi
madameihisi
adessive
madamellasi
madameillasi
ablative
madameltasi
madameiltasi
allative
madamellesi
madameillesi
essive
madamenasi
madameinasi
translative
madameksesi
madameiksesi
abessive
madamettasi
madameittasi
instructive
comitative
—madameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madamemme
madamemme
accusative
nom.
madamemme
madamemme
gen.
madamemme
genitive
madamemme
madamejemme madameimme $^{rare}$
partitive
madameamme
madamejamme
inessive
madamessamme
madameissamme
elative
madamestamme
madameistamme
illative
madameemme
madameihimme
adessive
madamellamme
madameillamme
ablative
madameltamme
madameiltamme
allative
madamellemme
madameillemme
essive
madamenamme
madameinamme
translative
madameksemme
madameiksemme
abessive
madamettamme
madameittamme
instructive
comitative
—madameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madamenne
madamenne
accusative
nom.
madamenne
madamenne
gen.
madamenne
genitive
madamenne
madamejenne madameinne $^{rare}$
partitive
madameanne
madamejanne
inessive
madamessanne
madameissanne
elative
madamestanne
madameistanne
illative
madameenne
madameihinne
adessive
madamellanne
madameillanne
ablative
madameltanne
madameiltanne
allative
madamellenne
madameillenne
essive
madamenanne
madameinanne
translative
madameksenne
madameiksenne
abessive
madamettanne
madameittanne
instructive
comitative
—madameinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madamensa
madamensa
accusative
nom.
madamensa
madamensa
gen.
madamensa
genitive
madamensa
madamejensa madameinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
madameaan madameansa
madamejaan madamejansa
inessive
madamessaan madamessansa
madameissaan madameissansa
elative
madamestaan madamestansa
madameistaan madameistansa
illative
madameensa
madameihinsa
adessive
madamellaan madamellansa
madameillaan madameillansa
ablative
madameltaan madameltansa
madameiltaan madameiltansa
allative
madamelleen madamellensa
madameilleen madameillensa
essive
madamenaan madamenansa
madameinaan madameinansa
translative
madamekseen madameksensa
madameikseen madameiksensa
abessive
madamettaan madamettansa
madameittaan madameittansa
instructive
comitative
—madameineen madameinensa :

#### Derived terms

* madamemalli

### Further reading

* “madame”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

From Old French ma dame (“my lady”), equivalent to ma +‎ dame.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.dam/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

madame f (plural mesdames)
* a title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person address
    Bonjour, madame, comment puis-je vous aider ?Hello, ma'am, how can I help you?
    Si vous êtes libre, pourriez-vous aider madame, s’il vous plaît?If you're free, could you help this lady, please?
* madam, Mrs. or Ms.; a title used with a woman's full name or surname, or (in childish language) her first name
* (in children's language, childish) lady, woman
    Dis merci à la madame.Say thank you to the lady.
* the female employer of a domestic servant
** 2020, Laure Stéphan, “« Ma Madame m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer » : au Liban, le calvaire des domestiques éthiopiennes”, in Le Monde‎:Mazaa, 23 ans, ancienne nourrice et femme de ménage, croix autour du cou, cache son visage. « Ma Madame (employeuse) m’a dit qu’ils ne pouvaient plus me payer. […] »Mazaa, 23 years old, former nanny and housekeeper, a cross around her neck, hides her face. "My madame (employer) told me they couldn't pay me anymore. […]"

#### Usage notes

* Unlike in English, Madame is frequently used without a name or article as a polite reference to a woman in the third person, notably in official registers:
    Madame s’est présentée à l’urgence à 18 h 12.The/This lady/The patient/Ms. [name] attended the emergency room at 6:12 p.m.
* Although un/le monsieur is used as a common noun to mean "a/the gentleman," using the word une/la madame to mean "a/the lady" is considered childish language. Instead, une/la dame is used.

#### Synonyms

* dame, lady
* (title, form of address): (abbreviations) M$^{me}$, Mme.

#### Coordinate terms

* mademoiselle
* monsieur

#### Derived terms

* madame je-sais-tout
* Madame Michu
* Madame Watanabe
* mesdames et messieurs

#### Descendants

* → Russian: мада́м (madám)
* → Turkish: madam, madama

### Further reading

* “madame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈdam/
* Rhymes: -am

### Noun

madame f
* plural of madama

### References

* ↑ madame in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* ma dame, madam, madaum, maydame, madde dame

### Etymology

From Old French madame; compare dame.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈdaːm(ə)/, /maˈdam(ə)/, /maː-/

### Noun

madame (plural madames)
* madam (polite term of address or (less often) title for a noble lady)

#### Descendants

* English: madam; ma'am
* Scots: madam

#### References

* “ma-dam(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* madama

### Etymology

Borrowed from French madame.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈdɐ̃.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈdɐ̃.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈdɐ.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /maˈdɐ.mɨ/ [maˈðɐ.mɨ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /maˈdɐ.mɨ/ [maˈðɐ.mɨ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /maˈda.mɨ/ [maˈða.mɨ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
* Hyphenation: ma‧da‧me

### Noun

madame f (plural madames)
* madam (polite term of address to a woman)
* madam (mistress of a household)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French madame.

### Noun

madame f (plural madames)
* madam (polite term of address to a woman)
* madam (mistress of a household)

## Swedish
### Noun

madame c
* Synonym of fru (and French)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | madame | madames |
| singular | definite | madamen | madamens |
| plural | indefinite | madamer | madamers |
| plural | definite | madamerna | madamernas |

#### See also

* madam

### References

* madame in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* madame in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)