"ma’am" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ma.am\
  1. Variante familière de madame. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-ma’am-fr-noun-RJy0kzgZ Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "amma"
    },
    {
      "word": "MaMA"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mama"
    },
    {
      "word": "mama"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Syncopes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Syncope de madame."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes familiers en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Harper Lee, Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur, Éditions de Fallois, 2005",
          "text": "– Non, ma’am, je veux que vous disiez ce qui s’est produit."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Philippe Morvan, L’envol du papangue, Orphie, 2024",
          "text": "– Mais t’imagines un peu ? Maintenant, ça doit être la vedette de la maison de retraite… (Il prend une petite voix chevrotante.) C’était comment, ma’am Payet ? Ça vous a rappelé de bons souvenirs ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Variante familière de madame."
      ],
      "id": "fr-ma’am-fr-noun-RJy0kzgZ",
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ma.am\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "ma’am"
}
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      "word": "amma"
    },
    {
      "word": "MaMA"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mama"
    },
    {
      "word": "mama"
    }
  ],
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    "Noms communs en français",
    "Syncopes en français",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Syncope de madame."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        "Exemples en français",
        "Termes familiers en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Harper Lee, Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur, Éditions de Fallois, 2005",
          "text": "– Non, ma’am, je veux que vous disiez ce qui s’est produit."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Philippe Morvan, L’envol du papangue, Orphie, 2024",
          "text": "– Mais t’imagines un peu ? Maintenant, ça doit être la vedette de la maison de retraite… (Il prend une petite voix chevrotante.) C’était comment, ma’am Payet ? Ça vous a rappelé de bons souvenirs ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Variante familière de madame."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ma.am\\"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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