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doamnă
lady (also used as the title "Mrs./madam") /ˈdo̯am.nə/
noun#208 most common
Also: madam, Mrs., woman (polite address)
Example sentences
Bună ziua, doamnă!
Good day, madam!
Doamna Popescu este profesoara mea.
Mrs. Popescu is my teacher.
Am cumpărat o floare pentru doamna aceea.
I bought a flower for that lady.
Doamnelor și domnilor, bine ați venit!
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome!
I-am dat doamnei cheile apartamentului.
I gave the lady the keys to the apartment.
Deși doamna directoare părea severă, elevii au ajuns să o admire pentru corectitudinea ei.
Although the headmistress seemed strict, the students came to admire her for her fairness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | doamnă | doamne |
| Genitive | doamnei | doamnelor |
| Accusative | doamnă | doamne |
| Vocative | doamnă | doamnelor |
Word family
domnMr., lord, sirdomnișoarăMiss, young unmarried lady
domnescroyal, lordly
a domnito reign, to rule
domniereign, ruleEtymology
Doamnă comes from Latin domina, the feminine form of dominus, meaning the mistress of a household. The word passed into Romanian through everyday spoken Latin in the region and kept its core sense of a woman of authority or respect. Over time it settled into its modern role as the standard polite title for a woman, parallel to domn (Mr., lord) for a man.
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