madam
A polite form of address for a woman or ladyA polite form of address for a woman or lady.
» Please, madam, help yourself!
Пожалуйста, мадам, угощайтесь!
Будь ласка, мадам, пригощайтесь!
Значення
значень: 5A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
Frau, Fräulein
госпожа́gospožá, мада́мmadám, суда́рыняsudárynja
па́ніpáni, мада́мmadám
a woman of refinement
The mistress of a household.
хозя́йкаxozjájka
(розмовне)A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
(сленг)A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.
Puffmutter, Bordellwirtin
a woman who runs a house of prostitution
(Індія, зневажливе, сленг)A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse
Приклади
речень: 31Please, madam, help yourself!
Будь ласка, мадам, пригощайтесь!
ruПожалуйста, мадам, угощайтесь!
Good evening, madam!
Доброго вечора, пані!
May I take your size, madam?
How can I help you, madam?
It is most considerate of you, madam.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (“my”) + dame (“lady”), from pFrom Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from ma (“my”) + dame (“lady”), from post-classical Latin mea domina. Doublet of Madonna.
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Форми
множина: madams / mesdamesСиноніми
синонімів: 14- a woman who runs a house of prostitution:brothel keeper
- a woman of refinement:damema'amladygentlewoman