rendezvous

See also: Rendezvous, rendez-vous, and rendezvous'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally "[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]."

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/, /ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/

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Noun

rendezvous (plural rendezvous or (rare) rendezvouses)

1. A meeting or date.

   I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.

   • 1845, Dublin University Magazine (volume 25, page 39)

     The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.

2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

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

3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
   • 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, Edinburgh; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 277979407:

     an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers

4. (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
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     The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.

5. (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.

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Usage notes

The plural form of rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.

Synonyms

• (military): RV (abbreviation)

Translations

meeting or date

• Arabic:

  Tunisian Arabic: رانديڥو‎ (randivu)

• Chinese:

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

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

• Greek: ραντεβού (el) n (rantevoú)
• Hungarian: randevú (hu)
• Persian: دیدار‎ (fa) (didâr), ملاقات‎ (fa) (molâqât)
• Polish: randka (pl) f
• Portuguese: encontro (pt) m
• Russian: свида́ние (ru) n (svidánije), встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča), рандеву́ (ru) n (randɛvú)
• Spanish: encuentro (es) m, cita (es) f
• Tagalog: tagpuan
• Turkish: randevu (tr)

agreement to meet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (meeting; appointment) 約會 (zh), 约会 (zh) (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)

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

• German: Rendezvous (de) n
• Persian: وعدهٔ دیدار‎ (va'de-ye didâr), قرار ملاقات‎ (qarâr-e molâqât)
• Polish: spotkanie (pl) m
• Portuguese: rendez-vous (pt) m
• Turkish: randevu (tr)

a place appointed for a meeting

• Finnish: tapaamispaikka
• Maori: taupunipuni

• Thai: จุดนัดพบ

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

• Arabic:

  Tunisian Arabic: رندف‎ (rǝndǝf)

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: tavata (fi), kohdata (fi)

• French: se donner rendez-vous, se rencontrer (fr), se rejoindre
• German: sich treffen
• Japanese: 待ち合わせる (machiawaseru)
• Turkish: randevulaşmak (tr)

See also

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

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Czech

Noun

rendezvous n

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

Synonyms

• See also rande

Further reading

• rendezvous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous.

Noun

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

1. rendezvous

Inflection

Declension of rendezvous

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

Synonyms

• stævnemøde
• date