Notre Dame

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Notre Dame

/ˌnoʊ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/ US
/ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/ UK
/ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdæm/ UK
/ˌnɔ.tɹə ˈdäːm/ Australia
/ˌnoʊ.tɚ ˈdeɪm/ US
/ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdeɪm/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑːm, -eɪm

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

Notre-Dame de Paris.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of University of Notre Dame
A census-designated place in Indiana. 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 s

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name French cathedral

한국어	노트르담 Noteureudam, 노트르담 대성당 noteureudam daeseongdang
日本語	ノートルダム Nōtorudamu, ノートルダム大聖堂 Nōtorudamu daiseidō
中文	巴黎聖母院 /巴黎圣母院 Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn
Português	Notre-Dame
Français	Notre-Dame, Notre-Dame de Paris
Deutsch	Notre-Dame, Notre-Dame de Paris
Italiano	Notre-Dame, Nostra Signora
Русский	Собо́р Пари́жской Богома́тери Sobór Parížskoj Bogomáteri, Нотр-Да́м Notr-Dám, Нотр-Да́м де Пари́ Notr-Dám dɛ Parí
العربية	نوتر دام

name census-designated place in Indiana

Français	Notre Dame

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{notre_dame_2026,
  title = {Notre Dame},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/notre%20dame},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}