Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Frau
, 🇪🇸 señora
, 🇮🇹 signora
, 🇵🇹 senhora
, 🇨🇳 女士
, 🇯🇵 マダム
, 🇰🇷 여사
, 🇸🇦 سيدة
, 🇮🇳 मैडम
Usage Examples
- Mme Dupont a pris son café devant la maison.
- J'ai appelé Mme pour confirmer la réunion.
- La cliente, Mme Martin, attend à la caisse.
Etymology
**Mme** is the standard abbreviation for the French honorific *Madame*.
*Madame* originates from the Old French phrase **ma dame** (“my lady”), which itself comes from Latin *domina* (feminine of *dominus*, “lord”). Over time the phrase contracted into *Madame*, and the abbreviated form *Mme* became the conventional written shorthand.
Antonyms
M.
Monsieur
Mlle
Mademoiselle
