Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dame
IPA transcription: [d'eɪm]
Pronunciations of dame
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
    Meaning: informal terms for a (young) woman
Usage examples
  • 'Good evening!' said the old dame.
  • And a bad lot of them too', said the old dame.
  • That night the Troll began to talk to the old dame again.
  • 'Such a one as he money!' said the old dame, 'the tramper!
  • "I daresay you are," said the old dame, "to see Bernard hanged."
  • And when Sir Launcelot should depart Dame Elaine made great sorrow.
  • "I shall always call you Dame Commonplace when you're married," said Lily.
  • So after a while the man began to talk to the old dame, and at last he said:
  • She is a rich dame, pitiful and good, and is wedded to a lord of Northumberland.
  • No frivolous dame of tarnished fame sought to share with him his perilous perch.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Sophie, Countess of Wessex, License CC BY-SA 4.0