madame
pronunciation
How to pronounce madame in British English:
UK ['mædəm]
How to pronounce madame in American English:
US [məˈdæm, ˈmædəm]
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- Noun:
- title used for a married Frenchwoman
Word Origin
- madame
- 1590s, see madam, which is an earlier borrowing of the same French phrase. Originally a title of respect for a woman of rank, now given to any married woman. OED recommends madam as an English title, madame in reference to foreign women.
Example
- 1. We can feel sorry for him , madame giry .
- 2. Madame forestier received the necklace with an air of displeasure .
- 3. Any western journalist visiting china would seek an interview with madame chiang .
- 4. Prints of her films were burned , and a new image for madame mao was created .
- 5. At these words madame morrel rose , and threw herself into her son 's arms .