Notre Dame - Wiktionary

See also: Nôtre Dame and Notre-Dame

English

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Etymology

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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. The place was named after the university.

Pronunciation

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• (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, place):
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌnoʊ.tɚ ˈdeɪm/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdeɪm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

Proper noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:Notre DameWikipedia

Notre Dame

1. Notre-Dame de Paris. Alternative forms: Notre-Dame, (uncommon) Nôtre Dame
2. University of Notre Dame.
3. A census-designated place in Indiana.
   • 1966 January 4, John Cogley, “Cases of 13 'Silenced Priests' Described by Catholic Weekly”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:The Roman Catholic weekly Ave Maria, published by the Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame, Indiana, has just released a special issue with case histories on “the ‘silenced’ priests”—13 American Catholic clergymen who have been reassigned, disciplined or otherwise restricted in their public activities since June, 1964.(Can we archive this URL?)
   • 2003 January 2, “Paid Notice: Deaths BROUSSARD, SR. RITA ESTELLE, CSC,”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:Died on Wed., January 1 at Saint Mary's Convent, Notre Dame, Indiana.
   • 2025 January 12, Edward Helmore, “Kristin Crowley: LA fire chief publicly criticizing the city’s budget cuts”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 January 2025:A high school and college athlete, she studied biology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, with plans to become an orthopedic surgeon.

Related terms

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• Notre Dame Bay
• School Sister of Notre Dame

Translations

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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)

census-designated place in Indiana

French: Notre Dame f

Anagrams

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• adorement, emendator, medronate

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:Notre DameWikipedia fr

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /nɔ.tʁə dam/

Etymology 1

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See Notre-Dame.

Proper noun

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Notre Dame f

1. obsolete spelling of Notre-Dame

Derived terms

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• N. D.
• Notre Dame de Noylhiac

Etymology 2

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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

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Notre Dame f

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

Anagrams

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• démontera