V-form

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A second-person pronoun used in formal situations, to address unfamiliar people and superiors.

    "In the Erzin dialect, children address their parents with the V-form; to use the T-form would show a lack of respect for parents."

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T-form

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"In the Erzin dialect, children address their parents with the V-form; to use the T-form would show a lack of respect for parents."

Etymology

From the first letter of the second-person plural pronoun in Romance languages; ultimately from Latin vos.

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