rendezvous

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

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural, imperative, of se rendre (“to go (to)”) + vous (“you”).

PronunciationEdit

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

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NounEdit

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; a location or time agreed upon to meet.

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

3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     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.
   • Clarendon

     The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.

5. (obsolete) retreat; refuge

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

SynonymsEdit

• (military): RV (abbreviation)

Usage notesEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

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; a location or time agreed upon 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)

• 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)

VerbEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

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 alsoEdit

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

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

rendezvous n

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

SynonymsEdit

• See also rande

Further readingEdit

• rendezvous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French rendez-vous.

NounEdit

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

1. rendezvous

SynonymsEdit

• stævnemøde
• date

InflectionEdit

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