Vouvoy

//vu.vwa// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To address (someone) in French using the formal second-person pronoun vous. rare

    "Americans are practically on a first-name basis with the president of the United States, after all, unlike the French, who when they’re not busy vouvoying one another are addressing one another as madame or monsieur, concealing their first names like ATM codes."

Synonyms

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vousvoyer

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"Americans are practically on a first-name basis with the president of the United States, after all, unlike the French, who when they’re not busy vouvoying one another are addressing one another as madame or monsieur, concealing their first names like ATM codes."

Etymology

From French vouvoyer.

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