madame
title used for a married Frenchwoman
How often you will meet it
Rank 477 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 43,031 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.020% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- title used for a married Frenchwoman
madame in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Madame de Sevigne’s descriptions of her woods came to my mind.
Castle Rackrent · Maria Edgeworth · Chapter 1
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Madame de Staël lent it me to read from Copet last autumn.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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The concealment of the identity between Mrs. Braddell and Madame Dalibard might facilitate such an arrangement.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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Having counted this sum, the commissary offered it to Mme. Favoral, saying, “This belongs to you madame.”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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On her re-appearance in her Hungarian home, she called herself Madame Apleon, and her child was Lucien Apleon.
The Mark of the Beast · Sydney Watson · Chapter 1