Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make a dame.

Origin

From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address

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”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna.

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Forms

dames, daming, damed, damed

regular · Lesson

Base formdame · to dame
3rd person singulardames
Present participledaming
Past simpledamed
Past participledamed

Tenses

dame · damed · will dame · have damed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydame
he, she, itdames

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave damed
he, she, ithas damed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dame

Past simpleLesson

all personsdamed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
damA2damageB1dammedammitdamnB2

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