Mmen.

Forms: 1700s– Mme, 1800s– Mme. (with point).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mme.

Etymology: < French Mme, shortened < Madame madame n. (as a graphic abbreviation).For alternative graphic abbreviations in French in 19th-cent. use, see the following:1806 Young Ladies' Assistant in writing French Lett. i. 6 In hand-written letters, Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle, before family names, are abbreviated thus: Mr. Mde. Mlle.; in printed ones, we find M. for Monsieur, Mme. for Madame, Melle. for Mademoiselle.

= madame n. 2, 3.Now only used as a title preceding a name (usually a surname).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > for married woman > in languages other than English

madame1598

signora1602

Mme1786

Mdme.1859

1786 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Oct. in Papers (1954) X. 453 You know this was for making four verses on Mme de Pompadour.

1860 D. G. Rossetti Let. 9 June (1965) I. 368 My best address would be: Chez Mme Houston (as above): the said Mme is English and very obliging.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 453/3 Mmes. Ida Savory and Nellie Mortimer were the principal actresses.

1896 C. Shorter Charlotte Brontë & her Circle iv. 102 Mme. Héger was an accomplished spy.

1938 Life 4 Apr. 37/1 (advt.) Another of Mme. Flagstad's famous roles is that of Brünnhilde.

1975 Listener 7 Aug. 190/1 Mme Laure Bernardini and her companion, Mme Thérèse, are very old.

1991 B. Leigh Catch of Hands 65 Mme Davy and I always did French at a table set upon the terrace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mme
释义	Mmen. Forms: 1700s– Mme, 1800s– Mme. (with point). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Mme. Etymology: < French Mme, shortened < Madame madame n. (as a graphic abbreviation).For alternative graphic abbreviations in French in 19th-cent. use, see the following:1806 Young Ladies' Assistant in writing French Lett. i. 6 In hand-written letters, Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle, before family names, are abbreviated thus: Mr. Mde. Mlle.; in printed ones, we find M. for Monsieur, Mme. for Madame, Melle. for Mademoiselle. = madame n. 2, 3.Now only used as a title preceding a name (usually a surname). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > for married woman > in languages other than English madame1598 signora1602 Mme1786 Mdme.1859 1786 T. Jefferson Let. 12 Oct. in Papers (1954) X. 453 You know this was for making four verses on Mme de Pompadour. 1860 D. G. Rossetti Let. 9 June (1965) I. 368 My best address would be: Chez Mme Houston (as above): the said Mme is English and very obliging. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 453/3 Mmes. Ida Savory and Nellie Mortimer were the principal actresses. 1896 C. Shorter Charlotte Brontë & her Circle iv. 102 Mme. Héger was an accomplished spy. 1938 Life 4 Apr. 37/1 (advt.) Another of Mme. Flagstad's famous roles is that of Brünnhilde. 1975 Listener 7 Aug. 190/1 Mme Laure Bernardini and her companion, Mme Thérèse, are very old. 1991 B. Leigh Catch of Hands 65 Mme Davy and I always did French at a table set upon the terrace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1786
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