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dame

/ˈdeɪm/DAYM
/ˈdeɪm/DAYM

Meaninga mistress of a house

Common meaning: a lady

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAM‘tame’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 150, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindomina‘a lady’source
  3. Old Frenchdamesource
  4. Middle Englishdamesource
  5. Englishdame‘a lady’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin domina ‘a mistress of a house’.

Roots

  • domina Latin “a mistress of a house”

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