Word · Frequency #5484
madame
夫人, 小姐, 太太, 女士, 主妇
title used for a married Frenchwoman
- 1.
A title equivalent to Mrs. or Ms., used for French-speaking women and (by custom) certain other individuals. It is abbreviated as Mme.
相当于夫人或女士的称谓,用于法语女性和(习惯上)某些其他人,缩写为Mme
相当于夫人或女士的称谓,用于法语女性和(习惯上)某些其他人,缩写为Mme；夫人；小姐；太太；女士
In use
In the upscale restaurant, the waiters refer to all female customers as madames, regardless of their marital status.
She corrected the young man, saying she preferred to be called madame, not mademoiselle.
The letter was addressed to Madame Girard, the new head of the department.
Madame + [indirect statement/question]
用于正式场合的直接称呼。
Madame, your table is ready.
夫人，您的桌位已准备好。
Madame + [family name]
相当于 Mrs.，但更正式，用于已婚女性。
Madame Curie was a pioneer in radioactivity.
居里夫人是放射性研究的先驱。
Madame + [full name]
常见于文学作品或历史人物。
I read a novel about Madame Bovary.
我读了一本关于包法利夫人的小说。
Common mistakes
Madame Chen is my teacher.Mrs. Chen is my teacher.
Madame是法语中已婚女性的尊称，用于法国女性或特定场合，不应作为通用称呼。英语中应使用Mrs.或Ms.来称呼非法国籍的已婚女性。
Dear Madame, I am writing to confirm...Dear Madam, I am writing to confirm...
在英文书信称呼中，标准拼写为Madam，而非法语拼写madame。注意两者在拼写和使用场景上的区别。
Connections
Collocations
- Madame Curie
- 居里夫人
- Madame Curie discovered radium.居里夫人发现了镭。
- Madame Tussauds
- 杜莎夫人蜡像馆
- We visited Madame Tussauds in London.我们参观了伦敦的杜莎夫人蜡像馆。
- Madame Bovary
- 包法利夫人
- Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert.《包法利夫人》是古斯塔夫·福楼拜的小说。
- Madame Secretary
- 部长女士（对女部长的尊称）
- Madame Secretary addressed the United Nations.部长女士在联合国发表了讲话。
- Madame Chairman
- 主席女士（对女主席的尊称）
- Madame Chairman called the meeting to order.主席女士宣布会议开始。
- madame of the house
Learner notes
Memory Tip
法国贵妇“马大妈”，发音类似madame，意为夫人。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或礼貌地称呼已婚法国女性，多用于书面或尊称场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ame like name, same, lame, frame are lookalikes; they are pronounced with /eɪm/ not /əm/. The word madam has the same pronunciation /ˈmædəm/ despite different spelling.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.