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):(file)
    • (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

Notre Dame

  1. Notre-Dame de Paris.
    Alternative forms: Notre-Dame, (uncommon) Nôtre Dame
  2. University of Notre Dame.

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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

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)

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