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# madame

«madame» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Madame, Mesdames) (French)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) Madame is the French way of saying «Mrs» or «madam», a polite title for a woman. It sounds like «ma-DAM». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#m1)

2) In English it is used for a woman's title in fancy or foreign settings, such as «Madame Curie». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons: «Bonjour, Madame» — hello, madam. In history, Marie Curie is called Madame Curie. In stories, a fortune-teller or ballet teacher is often «Madame». Short form: Mme.

### examples

- The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose suggestion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x1)
- The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose sugges- tion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x2)
- «Bonjour, Madame Dupont!» said the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x3)
- Madame Curie won two Nobel Prizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x4)
- Our French teacher likes to be called Madame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x5)
- Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x6)
- «Merci, Madame,» I said to the shopkeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x7)
- The ballet teacher, Madame Rose, clapped the beat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x8)
- Madame was so very fond of Bellissima. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/#x9)

### note

French word. Plural: mesdames. English «madam» is spelled without -e; «madame» keeps the French spelling. Capital M when used as a title.

### In the corpora

- [Bonjour, madame and Bonjour, monsieur ("muh-SYUH") are the normal polite greetings, used by children too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «madame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.