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mademoiselle

[ mad-uh-muh-zel, mad-mwuh-, mam-zel; French mad-mwa-zel ]

noun

plural mademoiselles [mad-, uh, -m, uh, -, zelz, mad-mw, uh, -, mam-, zelz], mesdemoiselles [mey-d, uh, -m, uh, -, zel, meyd-mw, uh, -, zel, meyd-mw, a, -, zel].
  1. (often initial capital letter) a French title of respect equivalent to “Miss”, used in speaking to or of a girl or unmarried woman: : Mlle.

    Mademoiselle Lafitte.

  2. a French governess.


mademoiselle

/ ˌmædmwəˈzɛl; madmwazɛl /

noun

  1. a young unmarried French girl or woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Miss
  2. a French teacher or governess
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mademoiselle1

1635–45; < French; Old French ma damoisele my noble young lady; madame, damsel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mademoiselle1

C15: French, from ma my + demoiselle damsel
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Example Sentences

Linux lads and Mac mademoiselles, your time has come to play Inscryption!

Some seven hours later, she awoke to the words, “Bonjour, mademoiselle.”

But monsieur could not wait even a ‘flash of time’, and in the middle of the speech departed to find mademoiselle himself.

“Mr. Rochester won’t: though there is so much room in the new carriage. Beg him to let me go, mademoiselle.”

Ma chère mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you today to a reopened Disney World, here in la belle Florida!

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