mademoiselle
Portuguese, noun/ma.de.moˈzɛ.li/
mademoiselle is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mademoiselle (courtesy title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver mademosele”.
What does mademoiselle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemademoiselle (courtesy title)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver mademosele
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mademoiselle
- mademoiselles plural
- Mlle. abbreviation
- Mademoiselle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mademoiselle?
- Brazil /ma.de.moˈzɛ.li/
- Brazil /ma.d͡ʒi.moˈzɛ.li/
- Portugal /ma.dɨ.mwaˈzɛ.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mademoiselle in Portuguese?
mademoiselle appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).