ladyship
English
/ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/
noun
Definitions
- Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.
- (English and Commonwealth) Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge").
Etymology
Suffix from English lady.
Origin
English
lady
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barlady English
- belady English
- chairlady English
- charlady English
- ladied English
- ladify English
- lady English
- ladybeetle English
- ladybird English
- ladybits English
- ladyboner English
- ladyboy English
- ladybro English
- ladybug English
- ladyfinger English
- ladyfish English
- ladyfolk English
- ladyfolks English
- ladyfy English
- ladyhood English
- ladyish English
- ladyism English
- ladykilling English
- ladykin English
- ladyless English
- ladylike English
- ladyling English
- ladylove English
- ladymag English
- ladyparts English
- ladyporn English
- ladystick English
- ladystuff English
- landlady English
- mail lady English
- merlady English
- milady English
- newslady English
- overlady English
- post lady English
- saleslady English
- snowlady English
- translady English
- warlady English
- lady Italian
- леди Russian
- *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- レディ Japanese
- lady Middle English
- fakaleitī Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- lady
- ladyfy
- belady
- ladify
- ladied
- milady
- ladyboy
- warlady
- ladymag
- merlady
- ladyish
- ladybug
- ladyism
- barlady
- ladybro
- ladykin
- ladyhood
- ladyfolk
- snowlady
- ladyporn
- ladyless
- ladyfish
- newslady
- charlady
- ladybits
- ladyling
- ladylove
- ladybird
- landlady
- overlady
- ladylike
- mail lady
- ladystuff
- post lady
- ladyfolks
- ladyboner
- ladystick
- saleslady
- chairlady
- translady
- ladyparts
- ladyfinger
- ladybeetle
- ladykilling