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  • Mme.
    Mme.
    abbreviation
    Madame.
  • M.M.E.
    M.M.E.
    abbreviation
    Master of Mechanical Engineering.
  • Mme
    Mme
    noun
    the French equivalent of Mrs

Mme.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Madame.


M.M.E. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Mechanical Engineering.

  2. Master of Mining Engineering.

  3. Master of Music Education.


Mme British  

noun

  1. the French equivalent of Mrs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Mme

from French Madame, Mesdames


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“I will never forget my audition for Mme. Lhévinne,” North recalls.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

“There is a very particular thread that connects Mme. Blanc, Mme. Markos and Josef Klemperer which we always intended we would leave oblique, but detectable,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2018

Mme. de Ribes needed changes of toilette for every occasion.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2015

The head of the convent is the old and ailing Prioress, Mme. de Croissy.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2013

“His parents were devastated, of course, M. Beaumier and Mme. Beaumier,” she continued.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

While the guidelines explicitly reject dosage caps, they continue to warn doctors to be wary of dosing over 50 M.M.E. per day, which could still be misread as a rule.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

Dr. Frieden defended 90 M.M.E., as the measurement is known, as a responsible ceiling.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2019

A 61-year-old patient, disabled by a back injury, had been functioning well for years on 225 M.M.E., he said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2019

The legendary French actress plays the snooty Mme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

In support, Hedges is appropriately passive with both his mother and Susan, but he does manage to exhibit a little childish glee when Malcolm encourages Frances to see what surprising thing Mme.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2020

As she studied the part, she became fascinated by the character of Mme.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2019

Dear Mme Mata Hari, I am writing this more for my own benefit than yours as you are already dead.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2016

Their mother admonishes that the content of said tales may not be entirely appropriate for a pair of just barely thirteen-year-olds, but Mme.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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