rendez-vous

See also: rendezvous, Rendezvous, and rendezvous'

English

Noun

rendez-vous (plural rendez-vous)

1. Alternative form of rendezvous
   • 1790, Jane Austen, Love and Freindship^[sic]:

     In my Mind, every Virtue that could adorn it was centered; it was the Rendez-vous of every good Quality and of every noble sentiment.

   • 1814 August 17, Columbian Patriot‎^[1], volume I, number 51, column 4:

     THE Subscriber has opened a Recruiting Rendez-vous in the village of Middlebury, for the reception of Recruits for the 31st regt. U. S. infantry, and invites the able-bodied and patriotic young men of the vicinity to repair to the Standard of their Country—erected at his quarters, where they may become entitled to One Hundred and Twenty-four Dollars BOUNTY;

   • 1837 September 30, “The Duel”, in Maumee Express‎^[2], volume I, number 26, Maumee City, Ohio, column 4:

     They made a brilliant entre’e into the cafe’—a general place of rendez-vous for the students and officers when they were not at daggers drawn.

   • 2007 September 23, “Suite Deal Spa Package”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 272, number 85, Boson, Mass., page 47:

     Escape for a romantic rendez-vous and be treated to this suite deal, too sweet to miss!

French

Etymology

The second person plural imperative form of se rendre; see rendez and vous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.de.vu/

• Audio (FR)

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Noun

rendez-vous m (plural rendez-vous)

1. date

   Synonym: (informal) rencard

2. rendezvous
3. appointment

   Synonym: (informal) rencard

Derived terms

• avoir rendez-vous
• rendez-vous galant

 

Descendants

• → English: rendezvous
• → German: Rendezvous
• → Haitian Creole: randevou
• → Hungarian: randevú
• → Greek: ραντεβού (rantevoú)
• → Japanese: ランデブー
• → Macedonian: рандеву́ (randevú)
• → Polish: rendez-vous
• → Portuguese: rendez-vous
  • Brazilian Portuguese: randevu (“brothel”)
• → Russian: рандеву́ (randɛvú)
• → Turkish: randevu

Verb

rendez-vous

1. second-person plural imperative of se rendre

Further reading

• “rendez-vous” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
• “rendez-vous” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “rendez-vous”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rendez-vous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ran.dɛˈvu/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛvu
• Syllabification: ren‧dez‧-vous

Noun

rendez-vous n (indeclinable)

1. date (meeting with a lover or potential lover)

Further reading

• rendez-vous in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rendez-vous in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rendez-vous. Doublet of randevu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈvu/ [hɐ̃ˌdeˈvu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈvu/ [hɐ̃ˌdeˈvu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈvu/ [χɐ̃ˌdeˈvu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈvu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈvu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈbu/ [ʁɐ̃ˌdeˈβu]

Noun

rendez-vous m (invariable)

1. rendezvous (agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous.

Noun

rendez-vous n (plural rendez-vous-uri)

1. date
2. appointment

Declension

Declension of rendez-vous

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rendez-vous	rendez-vousul	(niște) rendez-vousuri	rendez-vousurile
genitive/dative	(unui) rendez-vous	rendez-vousului	(unor) rendez-vousuri	rendez-vousurilor
vocative	rendez-vousule		rendez-vousurilor