lady

Bedeutung (English)

1. The mistress of a household.
2. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
3. The feminine of lord.
4. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
5. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
6. A woman: an adult female human.
7. A polite reference or form of address to women.
8. (slang) Used to address a female.
9. (informal) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
10. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
11. (slang) A queen (the playing card).
12. Who is a woman.
13. Alternative form of Lady.
14. gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
15. (slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
16. (slang) A woman’s breast.
17. (slang) A queen.

Dame

Frau

Madam

meine Dame

dame

vornehme Dame

weibliches Geschlecht

Gemahlin eines Edelmannes

weibliche Geschlecht

Gnädige Frau

Dame des Hauses

Ehepartnerin

Wie geht es Ihnen

angesehene Frau

Familienfürsorger

Familienfürsorgerin

weibliches Genus

gnädige Frau

adult female

married woman

ma’am

noble lady

Madam

lady-love

high born woman

older woman

dona

damozel

young woman

your ladyship

babe

damoiselle

female person

nobleman’s wife

virtuous woman

auntie

damosel

marm

landowner’s wife

five feminine charms

high-ranking woman

Dama

powerful woman

woman of good birth

fille

Frequenz

Hyphenated as

la‧dy

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈleɪdi/

Inherited from Mittelenglisch

Inherited from Altenglisch

Cognate with Altenglisch

In summary

From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf (“bread, loaf”) + dīġe (“kneader”), related to Old English dǣġe (“maker of dough”) (whence dey (“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad.