Madam vs Ma - What's the difference?
madam | ma |
The mistress of a household.
(colloquial) A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel.
As a noun madam
is french governess.As a symbol ma is
symbol for the mach number.madam
English
Noun
(wikipedia madam) (en-noun)- ''Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying on made her look fat. The sales assistant just said, “It suits you, madam ”.
- ''Later, Mrs Grey was sitting in her favourite tea shop. “Would madam like the usual cream cakes and patisserie with her tea?” the waitress asked.
- ''Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam .
- After she grew too old to work as a prostitute, she became a madam .