dama

See also: Dama, dáma, damà, Dáma, dāma, damă, ɗama, and dàmá

English

Noun

dama (uncountable)

  1. The game of Turkish draughts.

Anagrams


Asturian

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Cebuano

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

Cornish

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

  1. mother, dam

Synonyms

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

dama

  1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams


Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

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

Synonyms

See also

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

Icelandic

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)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams


Italian

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)

Synonyms

Verb

dama

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

Jamamadí

Verb

dama

  1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References


Japanese

Romanization

dama

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

Kashubian

Noun

dama f

  1. lady
  2. weir
  3. pavement

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (da) IPA(key): [d̪ɐˈmɐ]
  • (ma) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ä̌ːmɐ]

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

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

Declension

See also

  • (lady): ponia
  • (queen): karalienė

References

  1. “dama” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Anagrams


Maquiritari

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

dama m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of dame

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dama f

  1. definite singular of dame

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaṽa/

Verb

·dama

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
·dama ·dama
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/
·ndama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • (file)

Noun

dama f

  1. lady
  2. (card games) queen
    dama karoqueen of diamonds
    dama kierqueen of hearts
    dama pikqueen of spades
    dama treflqueen of clubs

Declension

See also

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

Portuguese

dama

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling да́ма)

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

Declension

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

Slovene

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dáma f (genitive dáme, nominative plural dáme)

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

Declension


Spanish

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

  1. draughts, checkers

Synonyms


Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /dɐˈma/

Noun

damá

  1. feeling; perception
    Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam
  2. opinion about something
    Synonyms: kuro, kuru-kuro, palagay

Adjective

damá

  1. felt; perceived
Derived terms
  • dama-dama, dama-rama
  • damahan
  • damhin
  • dumama
  • ipadama
  • madama
  • pagdama

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish damas.

Noun

dáma

  1. checkers; draughts
  2. (checkers) a king

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish dama (lady, dame).

Noun

dáma

  1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting
    Synonym: abay
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