"madame" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.dam/ Audio: Fr-madame.ogg Forms: mesdames [plural]
Etymology: From Old French ma dame (“my lady”), equivalent to ma + dame. Etymology templates: {{l|fr|ma}} ma, {{l|fr|dame}} dame, {{uder|fr|fro|ma dame|t=my lady}} Old French ma dame (“my lady”), {{af|fr|ma|dame}} ma + dame Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|mesdames}} madame f (plural mesdames)
  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 Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-madame-fr-noun-lpkjd7MU Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 23 42 1 35
  2. madam, Mrs. or Ms.; a title used with a woman's full name or surname, or (in childish language) her first name Tags: feminine Synonyms (title): Mme [abbreviation, term-of-address], Mme. [term-of-address]
    Sense id: en-madame-fr-noun-Q4DeS-Y4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 22 43 0 34 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 23 42 1 35 Disambiguation of 'title': 37 63 0 0
  3. (in children's language, childish) lady, woman Tags: childish, feminine
    Sense id: en-madame-fr-noun-PtoIltPn
  4. the female employer of a domestic servant Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-madame-fr-noun-RKl9Y00i Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 23 42 1 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dame, lady Derived forms: madame je-sais-tout, Madame Michu, Madame Watanabe, mesdames et messieurs Coordinate_terms: mademoiselle, monsieur

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