madonna

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See also: Madonna, madonną, and Madonną

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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madonna (plural madonnas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Madonna.
    1. A representation of the Virgin Mary.
      • 1868, “Sect VI.—Prussia, continued. Route 81”, in A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland. [], Sixteenth edition, London: John Murray, page 437:
        Glogau Stat.—Inns: Deutsches Haus; Westphal’s Hotel. A fortress of the 2nd rank on the l. bank of the Oder, 17,000 Inhab. The Dom upon an island dates from 1120, and contains a madonna by Cranach, sen., his masterpiece.
      • 1992, Michael P. Carroll, “The Mary Cult”, in Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth Century, Baltimore, Md., London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 62:
        Giacomo Medica’s (1965) sample of the 697 most important Marian sanctuaries in Italy gives us some idea of the number of Italian madonnas in Italy as a whole.
      • 1993, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, Black Madonnas: Feminism, Religion, and Politics in Italy, Northeastern University Press, →ISBN, page 32:
        When it has not whitened them, the church has attempted to assimilate dark or black madonnas; this is evident in the many Italian madonnas described as bruna.
      • 2004, Charlene Spretnak, Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 231:
        The darkening effects of being buried, especially outdoors, sounds plausible in a few such cases, but if candle smoke is to account for all the other dark madonnas, as the Church asserts, why would not the entire statue have become black?
    2. A morally pure woman.
      • 1995, Merete Leonhardt-Lupa, “A Mother's Sexuality”, in A Mother Is Born: Preparing for Motherhood During Pregnancy, Westport, Conn., London: Bergin & Garvey, →ISBN, page 113:
        Yet most of us will probably deny that this blissful woman is a sexual woman. We associate her with Virgin Mary, who conceived in an act of spiritual purity and not in carnal lust and desire. We regard her chastity as essential to her maternal rectitude. Thus we hardly recognize the madonna's subtle sensuality as sexual energy, especially not in an age where we measure sexuality in orgasmic potency.
      • 1997, Teri Goodson, “A Prostitute Joins NOW”, in Jill Nagle, editor, Whores and Other Feminists, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, part 5 (Politics: Activism, Intervention, and Alliance), page 250:
        For centuries, madonnas provided legitimate children and social respectability; whores, illegitimate pleasure.
      • 2004, Elaine Jeffreys, “Feminist prostitution debates and responses”, in China, Sex and Prostitution (RoutledgeCurzon Studies on China in Transition), London, New York, N.Y.: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, section “The development of theoretical approaches”, page 75:
        [] whether women’s liberation might be better achieved by rejecting the traditional dichotomization of women into good girls/bad girls, madonnas/whores, and hence refusing to organize one's sexual desire and pleasure in terms of the repressive and passive roles that are traditionally ascribed to female sexuality within dominant discourses (the so-called ‘agency’ model).
    3. A lady.
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Etymology 2

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Said to be named after the American singer Madonna.

Noun

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madonna (plural madonnas)

  1. (skateboarding) A one-footed lien-to-tail trick, where the front foot is taken off and kicked out straight down behind the board.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian Madonna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmaːˈdɔ.naː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧don‧na

Noun

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madonna f (plural madonna's)

  1. Madonna, in particular an artistic depiction of Mary with the infant Jesus

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Italian madonna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑdonːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝do̞nːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdonːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧don‧na

Noun

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madonna

  1. Madonna (picture of Virgin Mary)
  2. (figuratively) Madonna (morally pure woman)

Declension

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Inflection of madonna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative madonna madonnat
genitive madonnan madonnien
partitive madonnaa madonnia
illative madonnaan madonniin
singular plural
nominative madonna madonnat
accusative nom. madonna madonnat
gen. madonnan
genitive madonnan madonnien
madonnain rare
partitive madonnaa madonnia
inessive madonnassa madonnissa
elative madonnasta madonnista
illative madonnaan madonniin
adessive madonnalla madonnilla
ablative madonnalta madonnilta
allative madonnalle madonnille
essive madonnana madonnina
translative madonnaksi madonniksi
abessive madonnatta madonnitta
instructive madonnin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of madonna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative madonnani madonnani
accusative nom. madonnani madonnani
gen. madonnani
genitive madonnani madonnieni
madonnaini rare
partitive madonnaani madonniani
inessive madonnassani madonnissani
elative madonnastani madonnistani
illative madonnaani madonniini
adessive madonnallani madonnillani
ablative madonnaltani madonniltani
allative madonnalleni madonnilleni
essive madonnanani madonninani
translative madonnakseni madonnikseni
abessive madonnattani madonnittani
instructive
comitative madonnineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative madonnasi madonnasi
accusative nom. madonnasi madonnasi
gen. madonnasi
genitive madonnasi madonniesi
madonnaisi rare
partitive madonnaasi madonniasi
inessive madonnassasi madonnissasi
elative madonnastasi madonnistasi
illative madonnaasi madonniisi
adessive madonnallasi madonnillasi
ablative madonnaltasi madonniltasi
allative madonnallesi madonnillesi
essive madonnanasi madonninasi
translative madonnaksesi madonniksesi
abessive madonnattasi madonnittasi
instructive
comitative madonninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative madonnamme madonnamme
accusative nom. madonnamme madonnamme
gen. madonnamme
genitive madonnamme madonniemme
madonnaimme rare
partitive madonnaamme madonniamme
inessive madonnassamme madonnissamme
elative madonnastamme madonnistamme
illative madonnaamme madonniimme
adessive madonnallamme madonnillamme
ablative madonnaltamme madonniltamme
allative madonnallemme madonnillemme
essive madonnanamme madonninamme
translative madonnaksemme madonniksemme
abessive madonnattamme madonnittamme
instructive
comitative madonninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative madonnanne madonnanne
accusative nom. madonnanne madonnanne
gen. madonnanne
genitive madonnanne madonnienne
madonnainne rare
partitive madonnaanne madonnianne
inessive madonnassanne madonnissanne
elative madonnastanne madonnistanne
illative madonnaanne madonniinne
adessive madonnallanne madonnillanne
ablative madonnaltanne madonniltanne
allative madonnallenne madonnillenne
essive madonnananne madonninanne
translative madonnaksenne madonniksenne
abessive madonnattanne madonnittanne
instructive
comitative madonninenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative madonnansa madonnansa
accusative nom. madonnansa madonnansa
gen. madonnansa
genitive madonnansa madonniensa
madonnainsa rare
partitive madonnaansa madonniaan
madonniansa
inessive madonnassaan
madonnassansa
madonnissaan
madonnissansa
elative madonnastaan
madonnastansa
madonnistaan
madonnistansa
illative madonnaansa madonniinsa
adessive madonnallaan
madonnallansa
madonnillaan
madonnillansa
ablative madonnaltaan
madonnaltansa
madonniltaan
madonniltansa
allative madonnalleen
madonnallensa
madonnilleen
madonnillensa
essive madonnanaan
madonnanansa
madonninaan
madonninansa
translative madonnakseen
madonnaksensa
madonnikseen
madonniksensa
abessive madonnattaan
madonnattansa
madonnittaan
madonnittansa
instructive
comitative madonnineen
madonninensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin mea domina (my lady).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈdɔn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnna
  • Hyphenation: ma‧dòn‧na

Noun

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madonna f (plural madonne)

  1. (now chiefly historical, literary) honorific title used to address women [from 12th c.]

Interjection

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madonna

  1. (sometimes mildly vulgar, slang) express anger, astonishment, fear etc.
    Synonym: cristo

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: madone
  • Greek: μαντόνα (mantóna)
    • Ottoman Turkish: منتونا (mantona, mistress, concubine)
  • Spanish: madona

Further reading

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  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 90
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 38

Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Italian madonna.

Noun

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madonna f (definite singular madonnaa, indefinite plural madonnaer, definite plural madonnaene)

  1. a Madonna (a depiction of the Virgin Mary)
  2. (chiefly definite singular) the Virgin Mary

References

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian madonna, from Latin mea domina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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madonna f

  1. (art, Christianity) Madonna, in particular an artistic depiction of Mary with the infant Jesus
  2. (humorous) woman of subtle, spiritual beauty

Declension

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Further reading

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  • madonna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • madonna in Polish dictionaries at PWN