mademoiselle

• mamzelle

Borrowed from French mademoiselle.

mademoiselle (plural mademoiselles or mesdemoiselles)

1. Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.
2. (humorous or affected) A young woman or girl, especially one who is French or French-speaking.
   • 1964, Chuck Berry (lyrics and music), “You Never Can Tell”:

     It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well / You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle...

• Mademoiselle
• mam'zelle, mamzelle, m'moiselle (informal)

ma +‎ demoiselle

• IPA^(key): /mad.mwa.zɛl/

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mademoiselle f (plural mesdemoiselles)

1. Miss (as a form of address)

mademoiselle f (plural demoiselles)

1. Miss (as a title with a name)

• Not used for an older woman unless she is clearly unmarried.
• As of February 21, 2012, the use of the word mademoiselle is prohibited from use in official forms and registries in France.[1][2]
• The form madelle (a blend of madame and mademoiselle) has been suggested as a replacement, but never caught on. Instead, madame is used regardless of marital status.

• M^lle
• Mlle.

• croque-mademoiselle

• → Alemannic German: Màmsel, Màmselala
• → English: mademoiselle, → mamzelle (from mamzelle)
• → German: Mamsell (from mamzelle)
• → Turkish: matmazel

• madame
• Mademoiselle
• mondamoiseau
• Ms.

• “mademoiselle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.