rendezvous

See also rendez-vous, and Rendezvous

English

Etymology

From French rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural, imperative, of se rendre (“to go (to)”) + vous (“you”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/, /'ɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/

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Noun

rendezvous (plural rendezvous)

1. A meeting or date.

   I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.

2. An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.

   “Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”

Translations

meeting or date

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會合 (cmn), 会合 (cmn) (huìhé), 約會 (cmn), 约会 (cmn) (yuēhuì)

• Czech: rande (cs) n
• Danish: rendezvous (da) n
• Finnish: tapaaminen (fi)
• French: rendez-vous (fr) m

• German: Rendezvous (de) n
• Polish: randka (pl) f
• Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
• Russian: свидание (ru) (svidánije) n, встреча (ru) (vstréča) f, рандеву (ru) (randɛvú) n (indeclinable)
• Tagalog: tagpuan (tl)
• Turkish: randevu (tr)

agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (meeting; appointment) 約會 (cmn), 约会 (cmn) (yuēhuì), (meeting location) 約會地點, 约会地点 (yuēhuì dìdiǎn), (meeting time) 約會時間, 约会时间 (yuēhuì shíjiān)

• Danish: rendezvous (da) n
• Finnish: tapaaminen (fi)

• German: Rendezvous (de) n
• Polish: spotkanie (pl) m
• Portuguese: local combinado, hora combinada
• Turkish: randevu (tr)

Verb

rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvous or rendezvouses, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)

1. To meet at an agreed time and place.

   Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.

Translations

meet at an agreed time and place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會合 (cmn), 会合 (cmn) (huìhé), 見面 (cmn), 见面 (cmn) (jiànmiàn)

• Finnish: tavata (fi), kohdata (fi)

• German: sich treffen
• Japanese: 待ち合わせる (ja) (machiawaseru)
• Turkish: randevulaşmak (tr)

See also

• rendez-vous for French definition, spelling, and pronunciation

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Danish

Etymology

From French rendez-vous.

Noun

rendezvous n (singular definite rendezvouset or rendezvous'et, plural indefinite rendezvouser or rendezvous'er)

1. rendezvous

Synonyms

• stævnemøde
• date

Inflection

    Inflection of rendezvous

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	rendezvous	rendezvouset rendezvous'et	rendezvouser rendezvous'er	rendezvouserne rendezvous'erne
genitive	rendezvous'	rendezvousets rendezvous'ets	rendezvousers rendezvous'ers	rendezvousernes rendezvous'ernes