madame

Meaning

1. a title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person address
2. madam, Mrs. or Ms.; a title used with a woman's full name or surname, or (in childish language) her first name
3. lady, woman
4. the female employer of a domestic servant

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.dam/

Etymology

From Old French ma dame (“my lady”), equivalent to ma + dame.

Sentences

Je n’ai jamais dit , madame la ministre , que la République était en danger .

I never said, Madam Minister, that the Republic was in danger.