rendezvous
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- randezvous (archaic)
- rendez-vous
EtymologyEdit
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]."
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/, /ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/
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NounEdit
rendezvous (plural rendezvous or (rare) rendezvouses)
- A meeting or date.
- I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.
- 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.
- 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 277979407:
- an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
- (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:
- The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
- (astronautics) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
- A rendeuous, a home to fly unto
Usage notesEdit
The plural form of rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.
SynonymsEdit
- (military): RV (abbreviation)
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
meeting or date
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agreement to meet
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a place appointed for a meeting
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VerbEdit
rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvouses or rendezvous, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)
- To meet at an agreed time and place.
- 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 392:
- In the entrance-hall, a surprising number of opera-goers have already rendezvoused.
- Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
TranslationsEdit
meet at an agreed time and place
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See alsoEdit
- rendez-vous for French definition, spelling, and pronunciation
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rendezvous n
- date, appointment (meeting with a lover or potential lover)
DeclensionEdit
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | rendezvous | rendezvous |
genitive | rendezvous | rendezvous |
dative | rendezvous | rendezvous |
accusative | rendezvous | rendezvous |
vocative | rendezvous | rendezvous |
locative | rendezvous | rendezvous |
instrumental | rendezvous | rendezvous |
SynonymsEdit
- See also rande
Further readingEdit
- rendezvous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French rendez-vous.
NounEdit
rendezvous n (singular definite rendezvouset or rendezvous'et, plural indefinite rendezvouser or rendezvous'er)
InflectionEdit
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 |