monseigneur

See also: Monseigneur

English

Alternative forms

• Monseigneur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnsɛˈnjəː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɒnˈsinjəɹ/

Noun

monseigneur (plural monseigneurs or messeigneurs)

1. (archaic) An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
2. (archaic) (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.

Dutch

Etymology

From French monseigneur.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: mon‧seig‧neur

Noun

monseigneur m (plural monseigneurs, diminutive monseigneurtje n)

1. monsignor

French

Alternative forms

• Monseigneur

Etymology

From Old French mon (“my”) + seigneur (“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.sɛ.ɲœʁ/, /mɔ̃.se.ɲœʁ/

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Noun

monseigneur m (plural messeigneurs)

1. monseigneur
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.ii:

     —La salle à manger de monseigneur! s’écria le directeur stupéfait.

     ‘My lord’s dining-room!’ cried the stupefied director.

2. monsignor

Synonyms

• M^gr (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• monseigneuriser

Related terms

• monsieur

See also

• nosseigneurs

Further reading

• “monseigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.