s'il vous plaît
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Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French s’il vous plaît.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (higher register) please, if you please
- Synonym: alstublieft
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- s’il vous plait (post-1990 spelling)
- s’il te plaît (T–V distinction)
- svp (initialism)
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “if it pleases you”. From Middle French s'il vous plaist. Compare Catalan si us plau.
Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- please, if you please
- Pourriez-vous me donner du pain, s’il vous plaît ?
- Could you pass me some bread, please?
- (Belgium) here you go, here you are
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: alstublieft (calque)
- → Dutch: s'il vous plaît
References
[edit]- “s'il te/vous plaît”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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