Notre Dame

American  

[noh-truh deym, dahm, noh-ter] / ˌnoʊ trə ˈdeɪm, ˈdɑm, ˌnoʊ tər /

noun

1. Also called Notre Dame de Paris.  a famous early gothic cathedral in Paris (started 1163).

2. the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.

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Notre Dame British  

/ nɔtrə dam, ˈnəʊtrə ˈdɑːm, ˈnɒtrə- /

noun

1. the early Gothic cathedral of Paris, on the Île de la Cité: built between 1163 and 1257

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Etymology

Origin of Notre Dame

< French: our lady

Example Sentences

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Notre Dame

Marcus Freeman wasn’t yet Catholic when he visited Notre Dame as a high-school recruit in 2003, but he remembered watching the football team walk from Mass to the stadium on game day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In the evening, Nike has flown in a custom-made outdoor volleyball court so Sherman Oaks Notre Dame can host Harvard-Westlake in a 7 p.m. girls’ volleyball match played on the Notre Dame baseball field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Emmett and Cindy were college athletes at Notre Dame, where he played football and she won the women’s soccer equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 2016, Linden moved to Sacramento, Calif., and started working.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

We crossed to the left bank of the Seine by the wooden foot-bridge from the Quai de Bethune, and stopped on the bridge and looked down the river at Notre Dame.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway