Madonna

See also: madonna

English
Madonna with Child

Etymology

From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). The given name is derived from the English term, not used as a given name in Italy.

Proper noun

Madonna

  1. The Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
  2. A female given name.
    • 1835 Fraser's Magazine, Vol. XI, page 652 (June 1835):
      We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.
    • 2005 Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics, Allen Lane (2005), →ISBN, page 184:
      But celebrities actually have a weak effect on baby names. As of 2000, the pop star Madonna had sold 130 million records worldwide but hadn't generated even the ten copycat namings―in California, no less―required to make the master index of four thousand names from which the sprawling list of girls' names on page 227 was drawn.

Translations
Virgin Mary — see Virgin Mary

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). It was first attested in 1552 and its meaning was primarily (Italian) woman. Its use in the sense of the Virgin Mary was attested much later, in 1844.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒdonːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧don‧na

Proper noun

Madonna

  1. Madonna (the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus)

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Madonna Madonnák
accusative Madonnát Madonnákat
dative Madonnának Madonnáknak
instrumental Madonnával Madonnákkal
causal-final Madonnáért Madonnákért
translative Madonnává Madonnákká
terminative Madonnáig Madonnákig
essive-formal Madonnaként Madonnákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Madonnában Madonnákban
superessive Madonnán Madonnákon
adessive Madonnánál Madonnáknál
illative Madonnába Madonnákba
sublative Madonnára Madonnákra
allative Madonnához Madonnákhoz
elative Madonnából Madonnákból
delative Madonnáról Madonnákról
ablative Madonnától Madonnáktól
Possessive forms of Madonna
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Madonnám Madonnáim
2nd person sing. Madonnád Madonnáid
3rd person sing. Madonnája Madonnái
1st person plural Madonnánk Madonnáink
2nd person plural Madonnátok Madonnáitok
3rd person plural Madonnájuk Madonnáik

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈdɔ.nːa/

Proper noun

Madonna

  1. Madonna, Our Lady

Synonyms

Anagrams
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