monsieur
See also: Monsieur
English
Etymology
Noun
monsieur (plural monsieurs or messieurs)
- (dated) A man, especially a French gentleman.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!
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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
Noun
monsieur m (plural messieurs)
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See also
Further reading
- “monsieur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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