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madge

/mæd͡ʒ/

madge noun: the barn owl.

Noun

madge (plural madges)

  1. (archaic) The barn owl.
  2. (archaic) The magpie.

Proper noun capitalized: Madge

Madge (countable and uncountable, plural Madges)

  1. A female given name
    • Fie upon Caroline, Madge, Amelia - / These I reckon the essence of prose!~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19
    1. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret
    2. A diminutive of the female given name Madonna, of rare usage
  2. A surname.
  3. A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. (obsolete, slang) The vulva.
    • SALLY, who began to be tir'd with her Canonis'd Suitor, drew up the Curtain, alias her Hoop-Petticoat, &c. and clapping her Hand upon Madge, said, Ecce Signum, Doctor. This is my only Support, and I hope will continue so to my Life's End.1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI
  5. (informal) Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone), Queen of Pop music, American singer.
    Synonyms:
    Queen of Pop

madge meaning in Tamil and Bengali

madge in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

madge in Bengali

লক্ষ্মীপেঁচা, দোয়েল

Synonyms of madge

  • Queen of Pop

Forms of madge

Noun
pluralmadges
Proper noun
pluralMadges

Origin of madge

See the etymology at magpie for a related discussion.

Words that rhyme with madge

Questions about madge

What does madge mean?
Madge means the barn owl.
What is madge in Tamil?
Madge in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Madge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is madge?
Madge can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce madge?
Madge is pronounced /mæd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of madge?
The plural of madge is madges.

Words near madge in the dictionary

  1. madescent
  2. madest
  3. madeup
  4. Madewell
  5. Madewells
  6. madge
  7. madges
  8. Madgett
  9. Madgetts
  10. Madgwick
  11. Madgwicks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: madge (page history and authors); Madge (page history and authors); madge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); madge (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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