madam

Other forms of madam

plural

madams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about madam

What does madam mean?

madam means "a woman of refinement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in madam?

madam has 2 syllables: mad-am. The stress falls on "mad". In IPA it is /ˈmædəm/.

What is another word for madam?

Close synonyms include dame, ma'am, lady, gentlewoman, brothel keeper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is madam a common word?

madam is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with madam?

1 word rhymes with madam. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.