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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

    • IPA: /ˈmæd.əm/
KäännösKonteksti
Substantiivit
1.
2.
3.puhekieli, vanhahtava

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  2. The mistress of a household.
  3. (colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
  4. (slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
  5. (India, derogatory slang) A hated or contemptuous woman; used as a general term of abuse

Verbi

  1. (transitive) To address as "madam".
  2. (ambitransitive, rare) To be a madam; to run (a brothel).

Esimerkit

  • Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam”.
  • Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
  • Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.
  • After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam.

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