Notre Dame

See also: Nôtre Dame and Notre-Dame

English

Etymology

From French Notre Dame (literally, “Our Lady”, a title of Mary, mother of Jesus; now hyphenated as Notre-Dame). The university was named by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin.

Pronunciation

• (cathedral):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/, /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdæm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔ.tɹə ˈdäːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
• (university):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.tɚ ˈdeɪm/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdeɪm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -eɪm
• Hyphenation: No‧tre Dame

Proper noun

South façade and the nave of Notre Dame (sense 1) in 2017

Notre Dame

1. Notre-Dame de Paris.

   Alternative forms: Notre-Dame, (uncommon) Nôtre Dame

2. University of Notre Dame.

Related terms

• Notre Dame Bay
• School Sister of Notre Dame

Translations

French cathedral

• Bulgarian: Пари́жката Света́ Богоро́дица f (Parížkata Svetá Bogoródica), Но́търдам m (Nótǎrdam), Но́търдам дьо Пари́ m (Nótǎrdam djo Parí)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴黎聖母院 / 巴黎圣母院 (zh) (Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn)

• French: Notre-Dame (fr) f, Notre-Dame de Paris f
• Georgian: პარიზის ღვთისმშობლის ტაძარი (ṗarizis ɣvtismšoblis ṭaʒari), ნოტრ-დამი (noṭr-dami)
• German: Notre-Dame (de) f, Notre-Dame de Paris f
• Japanese: ノートルダム (Nōtorudamu), ノートルダム大聖堂 (ノートルダムだいせいどう, Nōtorudamu daiseidō)
• Korean: 노트르담 (Noteureudam), 노트르담 대성당 (noteureudam daeseongdang)
• Russian: Собо́р Пари́жской Богома́тери m (Sobór Parížskoj Bogomáteri), Нотр-Да́м m (Notr-Dám), Нотр-Да́м де Пари́ m (Notr-Dám dɛ Parí)

Anagrams

• adorement, emendator, medronate

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.tʁə dam/

Etymology 1

See Notre-Dame.

Proper noun

Notre Dame f

1. obsolete spelling of Notre-Dame

Derived terms

• N. D.
• Notre Dame de Noylhiac

Etymology 2

From English Notre Dame, named after the University of Notre Dame, itself named from French by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin.

Proper noun

Notre Dame f

1. Notre Dame (a census-designated place in Indiana)

Anagrams

• démontera