madame

[ muh-dam, -dahm, ma-; mad-uhm; French ma-dam ]

/ məˈdæm, -ˈdɑm, mæ-; ˈmæd əm; French maˈdam /

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noun, plural mes·dames

[mey-dam, -dahm; French mey-dam]. /meɪˈdæm, -ˈdɑm; French meɪˈdam/. (often initial capital letter)

a French title of respect equivalent to “Mrs.”, used alone or prefixed to a woman's married name or title: Madame Curie.

(in English) a title of respect used in speaking to or of an older woman, especially one of distinction, who is not of American or British origin. Abbreviation: Mme.

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Origin of madame

From French, dating back to 1590–1600; see origin at madam

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How to use madame in a sentence

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
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Madame Cézanne is ultimately about the figure in the portraits rather than the person, who remains a tantalizing enigma.
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Last year, while filming the documentary “Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?”
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When Madame Tussauds unveiled their new waxwork of Kate, people queued up for a chance to feel “her” hair.
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Hollywood Madame Michelle Braun told The New York Post in 2009 that Tiger Woods paid $60,000 for four escorts he saw six times.
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Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
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She took the fan from Madame Ratignolle and began to fan both herself and her companion.
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Beside her was a box of bonbons, which she held out at intervals to Madame Ratignolle.
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British Dictionary definitions for madame

madame

/ (ˈmædəm, French madam) /

noun plural mesdames (ˈmeɪˌdæm, French medam)

a married Frenchwoman: usually used as a title equivalent to Mrs, and sometimes extended to older unmarried women to show respect and to women of other nationalities

Word Origin for madame

C17: from French. See madam

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madame

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