dama

Noun

dama (uncountable)

1. The game of Turkish draughts.

Anagrams

• A.A.M.D., Adam

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. (chess) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text)
rei	dama, reina	torre	alfil	caballu	peón

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina, whence also dona.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈda.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ma/

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
2. (chess) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text)
rei	reina, dama	torre	alfil	cavall	peó

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dama

1. the game of checkers
2. (checkers) a king
3. a demijohn

Verb

dama

1. (checkers) to crown a king

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

1. mother, dam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/
• Homophones: damas, damât

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams

• Adam

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame, woman of high status
2. (chess) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	raíña, dama	torre, roque	alfil	cabalo	peón

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːma/
• Rhymes: -aːma

Noun

dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

1. lady (also used as a third person address)
   • Hvað má bjóða dömunni?

     What may be offered the lady? (speaking to the lady herself)

Anagrams

• Adam

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural dame)

1. lady
2. (board games, in the singular) draughts / checkers
3. king (in draughts/checkers)
4. draughtboard / checkerboard
5. queen (playing card)

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular present indicative of damare
2. second-person singular imperative of damare

Verb

dama

1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Romanization

dama

1. Rōmaji transcription of だま
2. Rōmaji transcription of ダマ

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. weir
3. pavement

Pronunciation

• (damà) IPA^(key): [d̪ɐˈmɐ]
• (dãma) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ä̌ːmɐ]

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

1. lady^[1]
2. (card games) queen

References

Anagrams

• mada

Noun

dama

1. The ocean or sea, which surrounds the earth and is connected via underground rivers to Lake Akuena in the mythological Sky.

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• de Civrieux, Marc. Watunna.

Alternative forms

• damen

Noun

dama m, f

1. definite feminine singular of dame

Noun

dama f

1. definite singular of dame

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaṽa/

Verb

·dama

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ma/

• Audio

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Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

   dama karo ― queen of diamonds

   dama kier ― queen of hearts

   dama pik ― queen of spades

   dama trefl ― queen of clubs

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
król	hetman, królowa, dama	wieża	goniec, laufer	skoczek, koń, konik	pion, pionek

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɐ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: da‧ma
• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
rei	rainha, dama	torre	bispo	cavalo	peão

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, joker, coringa, curinga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǎːma/
• Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling да́ма)

1. lady
2. (chess, card games) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdàːma/
• Tonal orthography: dáma

Noun

dáma f (genitive dáme, nominative plural dáme)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdama/, [ˈd̪ama]

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame
2. (chess) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
rey	reina, dama	torre, roque	alfil	caballo	peón

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

1. draughts, checkers