Dame

Dame (plural Dames)

1. (Britain) The titular prefix given to a female knight

• Sir
• (titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mx (Mixter); (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am) ^{(Category: en:Titles)}

• ADME, Edam, MEDA, Mead, made, mead

From French dame, from Latin domina (“mistress, lady”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːmə/

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• Hyphenation: Da‧me

Dame f (genitive Dame, plural Damen)

1. lady (woman of good breeding and manners)
2. lady; madam (polite term to refer to any woman)
3. (chess, card games) queen
4. (checkers) king
5. (title) Dame

Concerning the use of the word as a polite term for any woman, note the following tendencies:

• It is common to refer to a woman as Dame when one speaks of her in her presence. Frau might even be slightly impolite in such a context.

Ich glaube, die Dame war vor mir dran. — “I think this lady was in line before me.”

• Dame used as a general term of address (“die Dame!” – madam!), or when speaking about someone who is not present, marks a consciously polite way of speaking, most often heard from waiters, shop assistants, etc. In popular speech, it may be used to refer to an elderly woman but rarely to a young or middle-aged one.
• Dame is common in some specific contexts, such as ballroom dancing.

• Damen und Herren
• Empfangsdame

Dame f

1. (board games) draughts; checkers

• Damespiel n
• Damenspiel n

• Schlagdame

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