English → Latin
“lady” in Latin
fēminawoman; wife; femalemuliera woman, female; a wife; a coward, poltroonmātrōnamarried woman, wife or matron, especially of an honorable man; title of Junodominusmaster, owner, possessor, proprietor; owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves; lord, rulermuliebrisof a woman; womanly; feminine; female; effeminate; womanish; unmanlymātrōnālisOf, pertaining to or befitting a married woman or matron; womanly, matronly.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lady
femina (in respect of sex); mulier (that has already attained a certain age, whether married or not): matrōna (a married lady, of rank and character): domina (like the English mistress or miss, and the French madame or mademoiselle; Vid: Boettiger’s Sabina, 1, p. 37. f.: ☞ hera means PROP. the mistress of a house). Of or belonging to ladies, muliebris; matronalis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lady?
- The usual Latin words for “lady” are fēmina, mulier, mātrōna; also dominus, muliebris, mātrōnālis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.