How to pronounce dame
American English pronunciation
DAYM
- IPA
- /ˈdeɪm/
- Syllables
- DAYM (1 syllable)
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What dame means
Most people know dame in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A comic old lady role in a pantomime, played by a man
In a sentence: Every winter Uncle Ray plays the dame in the village pantomime, in a huge wig.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Old French dame, a lady, from the Latin domina, the lady of a house.
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