Mme.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mme"

English

Noun

Mme. (plural Mmes.)

1. Alternative form of Mme.
   • 1893, Alexander Dumas, Andree de Taverney or, The Downfall of French Monarchy, New York, N.Y.: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 284:

     […] the second, separated from the first by an obscure ante-chamber, was occupied by Mmes. Elizabeth and Royale.

   • 1910, H[enry] E[dward] Noyes, Seventeen Years in Paris: A Chaplain’s Story, London: Baines and Scarsbrook, […], page 60:

     Mme. Loubet, accompanied by Mmes. Dubois and Combarieu, was amongst the early arrivals, Colonel Nicholas in attendance.

   • 2002, Larry Millett, The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes: A Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty, Viking, →ISBN, page 220:

     Once Belgian Jack and Charlie were gone, Mme. DuBois went back into her compartment, sat down on her bed and began to cry softly.

French

Alternative forms

• M^me

Prefix

Mme. f (plural Mmes.)

1. Mrs. (“prenominal titular prefix for a married woman”) (missus) abbreviation of madame

Coordinate terms

• Mlle. (“mademoiselle”) (Miss)
• M. (“monsieur”) (Mister)