First Lady

See also: first lady

English

Noun

First Lady (plural First Ladies)

1. The wife of the chief executive of a nation; especially the wife of the President of a country; or a woman (e.g. a relative) who takes on similar public duties, as when the chief executive is unmarried.
2. The wife of a pastor.
3. Alternative spelling of first lady.

Usage notes

• The term is not always capitalized.

Coordinate terms

• First Gentleman

Related terms

• first
• First Daughter
• First Family
• First Gentleman
• first lady
• FLOTUS
• lady
• Second Lady
• second lady

Translations

the wife of the President of a country

• Armenian: առաջին տիկին (aṙaǰin tikin)
• Belarusian: пе́ршая лэ́дзі f (pjéršaja lédzi)
• Bulgarian: пъ́рва да́ма f (pǎ́rva dáma)
• Burmese: သမ္မတကတော် (samma.ta.ka.tau), ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ကတော် (wankri:hkyupka.tau)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第一夫人 (zh) (dìyī fūrén)

• Czech: první dáma (cs) f
• Danish: førstedame c
• French: première dame (fr) f
• German: First Lady (de) f, Erste Dame f
• Icelandic: forsetafrú f
• Indonesian: ibu negara (id)
• Japanese: ファーストレディ (fāsuto redi), ファーストレディー (fāsuto redī)
• Korean: 영부인(令夫人) (yeongbu'in), 퍼스트 레이디 (peoseuteu reidi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: førstedame m or f

  Nynorsk: fyrstedame f, førstedame f

• Polish: pierwsza dama (pl) f
• Portuguese: primeira dama
• Russian: пе́рвая ле́ди (ru) f (pérvaja lédi)
• Slovak: prvá dáma f
• Spanish: primera dama f
• Swedish: första dam c
• Ukrainian: пе́рша ле́ді f (pérša lédi)
• Vietnamese: Đệ nhất Phu nhân

See also

• prima donna (not a translation)