Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lady. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lady.
Definitions and meaning of lady
lady
Etymology
From Middle Englishlady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old Englishhlǣfdīġe(“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf(“bread, loaf”) + dīġe(“kneader”), related to Old Englishdǣġe(“maker of dough”) (whence dey(“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈleɪdi/
(General American) IPA(key): [ˈleɪ.ɾi]
Rhymes: -eɪdi
Hyphenation: la‧dy
Noun
lady (pluralladies)
(historical) The mistress of a household.
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
The feminine of lord.
A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
(polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
(in the plural)A polite reference or form of address to women.
(slang)Used to address a female.
(ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
(informal) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
(slang) A queen (the playing card).
(attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
(Wicca)Alternative form of Lady.
(archaic) gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
(UK, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.
(chess, slang, rare) A queen.
Derived terms
Pages starting with “lady”.
Related terms
fakaleitī
Lady
Descendants
Translations
References
Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Verb
lady (third-person singular simple presentladies, present participleladying, simple past and past participleladied)
To address as “lady”.
See also
lord
gentleman
ladies' room
broad
Anagrams
DALY, Daly, Dyal, Lyda, layd, yald
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlady, from Middle Englishlady, from Old Englishhlǣfdīġe.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɛ.di/, /le.di/
Noun
ladyf (pluralladiesorladys)
lady(wife of a British lord; important woman, usually British)
Synonyms:dame, madame
Further reading
“lady”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
From Old Englishhlǣfdīġe, in turn from hlāf(“bread, loaf”) + *dīġe(“maid”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlaːdiː(ə)/, /ˈladiː(ə)/
(mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈlavdiː(ə)/
Noun
lady (pluralladies, genitiveladiesorlady)
A woman with authority or leadership:
A lady(mistress of a household)
A lady(noblewoman or female monarch).
A woman who manages an abbey or inn.
The wife of a noble or monarch.
A polite way to address a noble or honoured woman.
(by extension) Any woman.
A female deity (or the Virgin Mary).
Descendants
English: lady (see there for further descendants)
Scots: lady, leddy
Yola: laady
References
“lādī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Polish
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from Englishlady, from Middle Englishlady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old Englishhlǣfdīġe.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɛj.di/
Rhymes: -ɛjdi
Syllabification: la‧dy
Noun
ladyf (indeclinable)
Lady (aristocratic title for a woman)
lady(wife of a lord)
lady(woman of breeding and authority)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈla.dɨ/
Rhymes: -adɨ
Syllabification: la‧dy
Homophone: Lady
Noun
ladyf
inflection of lada:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
lady in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
lady in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishlady.
Noun
ladyf (plurallady)
lady
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishlady.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈleidi/[ˈlei̯.ð̞i]
Rhymes: -eidi
Noun
ladyf (pluralladies)
lady(wife of a lord; important woman)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
“lady”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014