What does "tutoyer" mean?

To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.

What is a synonym for "tutoyer"?

Common synonyms include: tutoy, tutoy.

Tutoyer

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou. transitive
"As I had begged Goethe to tutoyer me, he sent me a message to say, I must really remain more than the two days I had named, otherwise he should never get into the way of doing so."

Synonyms

All synonyms

tutoy tutoy

Example

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"As I had begged Goethe to tutoyer me, he sent me a message to say, I must really remain more than the two days I had named, otherwise he should never get into the way of doing so."

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutoyer.

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