What does mademoiselle belle mean

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Thread starter emanko Start date Jun 5, Hello I know there are two terms that mean miss : damoiselle and mademoiselle. And is it still used now?

If not, how was it used in the past. I heard that "demoiselle" was for common women and "mademoiselle" was for Noble women. Is that correct? Thank you.

Garoubet Senior Member Montreal. Damoiselle was a noble title during the Middle-Age. The only one you can use today without having people laughing at you is "mademoiselle". Don't try to call a young lady "demoiselle", it's really old-fashioned. Kyle D New Member Canada. She probably meant "be careful not to bump into the young lady".

Incidentally, the French translation of the word "lady" would be "dame". I hear this on a regular basis from the mouths of older people referring to young women in exactly the register suggested by Kyle D " Topsie Senior Member Avignon, France. DearPrudence said:. Click to expand Topsie said:. Like the English damsel -. Or 2- Mademoiselle Dupant Was 1 used to show less respect in the sense that she's "a lady" but she's not "MY lady"? So, even at the beginning of the 20th century, if you called your servant by her surname, then, it would still be: "Mademoiselle Dupant".

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