Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rendezvous

/ˈɹɑndəˌvu/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: ren-dezvous
IPA: /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meeting or date.

noun

An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

noun

A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

noun

The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

noun

A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.

noun

A retreat or refuge.

Obsolete

verb

To meet at an agreed time and place.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)"
"I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours."
"The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous."
"These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous."
"You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous / (You might think) You might think I'm crazy / (All I want) All I want is you"
"“It is my understanding from other parties who are trying to arrange a rendezvous with myself and the President, it is being arranged for me to give him the firsthand information from (Assange),” Rohrabacher said."

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]”.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/
British English: /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rendezvouses (plural, rare) randezvous (alternative, archaic) rendez-vous (alternative) rendezvouses (present, singular) rendezvousing (participle, present) rendezvoused (participle, past) rendezvoused (past)

Phrases

rendez-vous for French definition and pronunciation

Frequently Paired Words

rallying point rendez-vous for French definition spelling and pronunciation

Synonyms

assignation meeting place RV tryst

Homonyms

rendevous

Questions

How do you pronounce rendezvous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/.
What does rendezvous mean?: A meeting or date.
Where does rendezvous come from?: 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]”.

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