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
Noun
rendezvous (plural rendezvous or (rare) rendezvouses)
- 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.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- “Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- Sir Walter Scott
- an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
- Sir Walter Scott
- (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- Clarendon
- The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
- Clarendon
- (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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
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agreement to meet
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Verb
rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvous or rendezvouses, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)
- 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
Czech
Synonyms
- See also rande
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous.
Noun
rendezvous n (singular definite rendezvouset or rendezvous'et, plural indefinite rendezvouser or rendezvous'er)
Inflection
Declension of rendezvous
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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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
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