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
- Notre-Dame de Paris.
- Alternative forms: Notre-Dame, (uncommon) Nôtre Dame
- University of Notre Dame.
Related terms
Translations
French cathedral
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ.tʁə dam/
Etymology 1
See Notre-Dame.
Proper noun
- 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.