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- [deym]
- /deɪm/
- /deɪm/
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- [deym]
- /deɪm/
Definitions of dame word
- noun dame Dame is a title given to a woman as a special honour because of important service or work that she has done. 3
- noun dame (formerly) a woman of rank or dignity; lady 3
- noun dame a nun who has taken the vows of her order, esp a Benedictine 3
- noun dame a matronly or elderly woman 3
- noun dame a woman 3
- noun dame the role of a comic old woman in a pantomime, usually played by a man 3
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Origin of dame
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin domina, feminine of dominus lord, master
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Parts of speech for Dame
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dame popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dame usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dame
noun dame
- woman — the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- matron — a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- female — a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.
- gal — a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
Antonyms for dame
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