мисис

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English missus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈmisis]

Noun edit

ми́сис • (mísis) f

missus (polite title referring to a married woman)

Usage notes edit

This term is used especially in works of literature with settings in the Anglosphere; not generally to describe married women, whose form of address is typically госпожа́ (gospožá).

References edit

“мисис”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“мисис”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010