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Mrs
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mrs MRS Mrs. mrš
English
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Alternative forms
en Mris. obsolete
en Mrs. US Canada
Mrs
Etymology
en :abbr mistress
en mistress.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ /-səz/ RP
en En-uk-Mrs.ogg RP
en /ˈmɪs.ɪz/ /-sɪs/ GA
en En-us-Mrs.ogg GA
mĭs US,_,dialects,especially,Southern US,Michigan en /ˈmɪs/ /ˈmɪz/
en Misses misses Ms miss see further homophones in Ms
en ɪsɪz 2
Noun
Mmes Mesdames +<l:rare>
en Missus,Mistress ; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.
52 Mrs Malaprop. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
I IV 40–41 41 In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
XII There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, and all these articles made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
A title used for a woman before a place name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.
en Ms.
en Mrs Cheerful
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
en missus
en misses
en Mrs. degree
en Mrs. Grundy
en Mrs Miggins
Related terms
en Ms / en Ms. title for an adult female
en Miss
Descendants
bn মিসেস 1
yi מיסעס 1
Translations
title before a woman's name
Afrikaans: af mev.
Arabic: ar سَيِّدَة f, ar مَدَام f
Armenian: hy տ-ն, hy տկն., hy տիկին
Belarusian: be па́ні f, be спада́рыня f, be мі́сіс f Anglophone context
Bulgarian: bg госпожа́ f
Catalan: ca Na f, ca N' f prevocalic, ca Sra. f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 夫人 -夫人 -fūrén, cmn 太太 -太太 -tàitài
Czech: cs p., cs pí, cs paní f
Danish: da fr.
Dutch: nl mevr., nl mw., nl mevrouw f
Esperanto: eo S-ino
Estonian: et Pr
Finnish: fi Rva, fi rva
French: fr Mme. f, fr Mme f
Georgian: ka ქალბატონი
German: de Fr.
Greek: el κα f
Hebrew: he גב׳ f gvéret abbreviation, he גְּבֶרֶת m gvéret
Hindi: hi जी f, hi श्रीमती f, hi साहिबा f
Hungarian: hu -né
Icelandic: is fr.
Indonesian: id Ibu, id Nyonya
Interlingua: ia sra, ia seniora
Irish: ga Bh
Italian: it Sig.ra
Japanese: ja 夫人 -夫人 -ふじん, -fujin, ja さん -さん -san, ja 様 -様 -さま, -sama
Kabuverdianu: kea nha
Khmer: km អ្នកស្រី neak srey
Korean: ko 씨 -씨, ko 님 -님, ko 미시스
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr xanim
Lithuanian: lt Ponia, lt ponia f
Macedonian: mk г-ѓа f, mk госпоѓа f
Malagasy: mg Ramatoa f
Malay: ms puan
Maltese: mt Sinjura
Māori: mi Mihi
Mongolian: mn гуай -гуай, mn хатагтай
Norwegian: no fru archaic, no Fr archaic
Persian: fa خانم xânom, fa مادام mâdâm
Polish: pl p. (Pani), pl pani f
Portuguese: pt Sra
Romanian: ro Dna f
Russian: ru госпожа́ f, ru г-жа f, ru мада́м f dated, ru ми́ссис f Anglophone context
Scottish Gaelic: gd A' Bh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh гђа f, sh го̏спођа f
Latin: sh gđa f, sh gȍspođa f
Slovak: sk pani f
Slovene: sl Ga, sl gospá f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb kněni f
Sotho: st Mme
Spanish: es Sra. f, es Señora f
Swahili: sw Bi
Swedish: sv fru
Tagalog: tl Ginang, tl Gng., tl Misis informal
Thai: th นาง, th คุณ
Tswana: tn mma
Ukrainian: uk па́ні f, uk мі́сіс f Anglophone context
Urdu: ur صاحبہ f sāhiba
Vietnamese: vi bà, vi cô
Yiddish: yi מיסעס f US
Anagrams
en mrs MSR RMS RMs RSM SMR SRM
en suppletive nouns
French
Noun
fr noun form Mrs m
fr Mr Mr
Usage notes
See usage notes at fr M.
See also
fr Mlles
fr Mmes