monsieur

See also: Monsieur

English

Etymology

French monsieur

Noun

monsieur (plural monsieurs or messieurs)

1. (dated) A man, especially a French gentleman.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!

Anagrams

• inermous

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French

Etymology

From mon (“my”) + sieur, from the oblique case of Old French sire (cf. also seignor), ultimately from Latin senior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.sjø/, (archaic, sometimes used jocularly) /mɔ.sjø/, (obsolete) /mɔ̃.sjø/

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Noun

monsieur m (plural messieurs)

1. mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man)

Synonyms

• M.
• M^r

Related terms

• sieur
• sire

See also

• madame
• mademoiselle
• monseigneur

Further reading

• “monsieur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• muerions
• remuions