EuroLex/F/Dame
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: dame - 1. lady, dame
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | dáma | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | Dame | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility);
and also dame: woman' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | dame | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| English | dame | c.1225;
Slang use: 1902 in the US | 'meaning 1;
and also: a) a married woman; a matronly woman of advanced age or an elderly woman; b) US slang, sometimes offensive: a woman c) chiefly British and with initial capital letter: a woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country (female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight); or the wife or widow of a knight or baronet d) a comic female character in a pantomime, usually played by a man e) ecclesiastical: a title of a nun in certain orders f) a mistress of a dame-school' | 'form of address to any woman of rank or authority;
the mistress of a household' | http://www.etymonline.com; http://dictionary.reference.com/ |
| Estonian | daam | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | dame | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Dame | ... | 'meaning 1;
and also a) polite term for a woman b) plural: general impersonal form of address c) in cards and chess: queen d) in draughts/checkers: most powerful pawn in the game e) ironic synonym for the female partner' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | dama; donna | ... | 'dama: meaning 1 (title of nobility);
donna: woman' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | dāma | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | dama | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | adelsdame | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | dama | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | dáma; dámička | ... | 'dáma: meaning 1 (title of nobility);
dámička - woman' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | dama | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | dama | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | dam | ... | 'meaning 1 (title of nobility)' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from OF dame, from LL domna, from L domina "lady, mistress of the house", from L domus "house". Slang sense of "woman" first attested 1902 in AmE.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editmeaning 1 (title of nobility)
Hungarian: női lovagi rang
Polish: (tytuł szlachecki)
meaning "a woman":
Czech: ženská
Dutch: wijf
German: Frau
Estonian: naine
Finnish: nainen
Hungarian: nő
Latvian: kundzīte; sievišķis
Lithuanian: boba, moteris
Norwegian: kvinne, kvinnfolk
Polish: pani
Portuguese: mulher
Slovenian: ženska
Spanish: mujer
Swedish: fruntimmer, brud