votre

See also: vôtre

French

Alternative forms

• vôtre (archaic or literary)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French vostre, from Old French vostre, from Latin voster (alongside the 'proper' vester).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔtʁ/
• (informal before a consonant) IPA^(key): /vɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Determiner

votre sg

1. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural or formal)

   Monsieur, c’est votre portefeuille ?

   Sir, is this your wallet?

   S’il vous plaît, donnez-moi votre adresse.

   Please give me your address.

Derived terms

• votredit

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon1	ma	mes
		Second person	ton1	ta	tes
		Third person	son1	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre2		vos2
		Third person	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• orvet, torve, voter