lady

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Verb

To address as “lady”.

Concepten

dame

mevrouw

vrouw

jonkvrouw

damestoilet

vrouwe

juffrouw

Mw.

echtgenote

eega

gemalin

lady

maitresse

griet

jongedame

meid

meisje

huisvrouw

vrouw des huizes

juffvrouw

Met koppelteken als

la‧dy

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈleɪdi/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.