votre
See also: vôtre
French
Alternative forms
- vôtre (archaic or literary)
Etymology
From Middle French vostre, from Old French vostre, from Latin voster, vostrum, vostra(m), from earlier vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔtʁ/
- (informal before a consonant) IPA(key): /vɔt/
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Determiner
votre sg
- (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural or formal)
- Monsieur, c'est votre portefeuille ?
- Sir, is this your wallet?
- S'il vous plaît, donnez-moi votre adresse.
- Please give me your address.
Derived terms
- votredit
Related terms
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | |||||
Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
Third person | leur | leurs |
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further reading
- “votre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- orvet, torve, voter