ladies and gentlemen pl plural only )
Used to address an audience . 1996 Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 , volume 8, page 408 :[ …] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen " [ …] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
( rare and euphemistic ) Public toilets : a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room .
1941 Herself Surprised , page 108 :There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen , and a cinema. When addressing an audience of all one gender, a speaker would typically use ladies gentlemen
phrase used to address an audience of men and women
Arabic: سَيِّدَاتِي وَسَادَتِي ( sayyidātī wa-sādatī )
Armenian: տիկնայք եւ պարոնայք ( tiknaykʻ ew paronaykʻ )
Azerbaijani: xanımlar və bəylər xanımlar və ağalar ( South Azerbaijani ) , xanımlar və cənablar
Belarusian: па́нства pl ( pánstva ) , шано́ўнае спада́рства n pl ( šanóŭnaje spadárstva ) , да́мы і спада́ры ( dámy i spadáry ) , па́ні і пано́ве ( páni i panóvje )
Burmese: လူကြီးမင်းများခင်ဗျား ( lu-kri:mang:mya:hkangbya: ) , မိဘပြည်သူများ ( mi.bha.pranysu-mya: )
Catalan: senyores i senyors
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女士 們 ，先生 們 ／ 女士 们 ，先生 们 ( nǚshìmen, xiānshengmen ) , ( everyone, ladies and gentlemen ) 各位 (zh) ( gèwèi ) , 各位 來賓 ／ 各位 来宾 ( gèwèi láibīn )
Czech: dámy a pánové
Danish: mine damer og herrer
Dutch: dames en heren (nl)
Esperanto: gesinjoroj
Finnish: hyvät naiset ja herrat (fi)
French: Mesdames et Messieurs (fr) , messieurs-dames (fr)
Georgian: ქალბატონებო და ბატონებო ( kalbaṭonebo da baṭonebo )
German: Damen und Herren pl meine Damen und Herren pl ( ironic ) Herrschaften (de) f pl
Greek: κυρίες και κύριοι ( kyríes kai kýrioi )
Hebrew: גבירותי ורבותי ( gvirotay verabotay )
Hungarian: hölgyeim és uraim
Icelandic: dömur mínar og herrar
Indonesian: tuan-tuan dan nyonya-nyonya hadirin sekalian saudara-saudara (id)
Irish: a dhaoine uaisle m pl
Italian: signore e signori
Japanese: 御 列席 の皆様 ( ごれっせきのみなさま, go-resseki no minasama ) , 御 来場 の皆様 ( ごらいじょうのみなさま, go-raijō no minasama ) , 皆様 (ja) ( みなさま, minasama )
Korean: 여러분 (ko) ( yeoreobun ) , 신사 숙녀 여러분 ( sinsasungnyeo yeoreobun )
Lithuanian: ponios ir ponai
Macanese: nhunhum co nhonhônha
Malay: tuan-tuan dan puan-puan
Mongolian: ноёд хатагтай нар аа ( nojod xatagtaj nar aa )
Navajo: shidineʼé shikʼéí dóó shidineʼé, átaháásiiłóó hastóí dóó sáanii
Norwegian: mine damer og herrer
Persian: خانمها و آقایان ( xânom-hâ va âqâyân )
Polish: panie i panowie
Portuguese: senhoras e senhores
Romanian: doamnelor și domnilor
Russian: господа́ (ru) pl ( gospodá ) , да́мы и господа́ (ru) ( dámy i gospodá )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: даме и господо
Roman: dame i gospodo
Slovak: dámy a páni
Spanish: señoras y señores damas y caballeros
Swedish: mina damer och herrar
Tagalog: mga binibini at mga ginoo
Turkish: bayanlar ve baylar bayanlar baylar
Ukrainian: па́нство pl ( pánstvo ) , па́ні й пано́ве ( páni j panóve )
Urdu: خواتین و حضرات ( xawātīn-o-hazrāt )
Vietnamese: (quý ) ông bà , (quý) ông bà anh chị em , (quý) cô bác anh chị em
Welsh: boneddigion a boneddigesau