rendez-vous
See also: rendezvous, Rendezvous, and rendezvous'
English
Noun
rendez-vous (plural rendez-vous)
- Alternative form of rendezvous
- 1814 August 17, Columbian Patriot, volume I, number 51, column 4:
- THE Subscriber has opened a Recruiting Rendez-vous in the village of Middlebury, for the reception of Recruits for the 31st regt. U. S. infantry, and invites the able-bodied and patriotic young men of the vicinity to repair to the Standard of their Country—erected at his quarters, where they may become entitled to One Hundred and Twenty-four Dollars BOUNTY;
- 1837 September 30, “The Duel”, in Maumee Express, volume I, number 26, Maumee City, Ohio, column 4:
- They made a brilliant entre’e into the cafe’—a general place of rendez-vous for the students and officers when they were not at daggers drawn.
- 2007 September 23, “Suite Deal Spa Package”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 272, number 85, Boson, Mass., page 47:
- Escape for a romantic rendez-vous and be treated to this suite deal, too sweet to miss!
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French
Etymology
The second person plural imperative form of se rendre; see rendez and vous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.de.vu/
Audio (FR) (file)
Noun
rendez-vous m (plural rendez-vous)
- date
- rendezvous
- appointment
Derived terms
- rendez-vous galant
Descendants
- → English: rendezvous
- → German: Rendezvous
- → Haitian Creole: randevou
- → Hungarian: randevú
- → Greek: ραντεβού (rantevoú)
- → Japanese: ランデブー
- → Macedonian: рандеву́ (randevú)
- → Polish: rendez-vous
- → Portuguese: rendez-vous
- → Russian: рандеву́ (randɛvú)
- → Turkish: randevu
Verb
rendez-vous
- second-person plural imperative of se rendre
Further reading
- “rendez-vous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ran.dɛˈvu/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvu
- Syllabification: ren‧dez‧-vous
Noun
rendez-vous n (indeclinable)
- date (meeting with a lover or potential lover)
Further reading
- rendez-vous in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rendez-vous in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French rendez-vous.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.deˈvu/ [hɐ̃.deˈvu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.deˈvu/ [χɐ̃.deˈvu]
Noun
rendez-vous m (invariable)
- rendezvous (agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet)
Romanian
Etymology
From French rendez-vous.
Noun
rendez-vous n (plural rendez-vous-uri)
- date
- appointment
Declension
Declension of rendez-vous
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) rendez-vous | rendez-vousul | (niște) rendez-vousuri | rendez-vousurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) rendez-vous | rendez-vousului | (unor) rendez-vousuri | rendez-vousurilor |
vocative | rendez-vousule | rendez-vousurilor |