monseigneur
See also: Monseigneur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒnsɛˈnjəː/
- (US) IPA(key): /mɒnˈsinjəɹ/
Noun
monseigneur (plural monseigneurs or messeigneurs)
- (archaic) An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
- (archaic) (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.
Related terms
- monsieur
Dutch
Etymology
From French Monseigneur.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mon‧seig‧neur
Noun
monseigneur m (plural monseigneurs, diminutive monseigneurtje n)
- Monsignor
French
Etymology
From Old French mon (“my”) + seigneur (“lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃.sɛ.ɲœʁ/, /mɔ̃.se.ɲœʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
monseigneur m (plural messeigneurs)
- monseigneur
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.ii:
- —La salle à manger de monseigneur! s'écria le directeur stupéfait.
- ‘My lord's dining-room!’ cried the stupefied director.
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.ii:
- Monsignor
Synonyms
- Mgr (abbreviation)
Derived terms
- monseigneuriser
Related terms
- monsieur
See also
- nosseigneurs
Further reading
- “monseigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.