Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tutoyer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tu-toy-er
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"As I had begged Goethe to tutoyer me, he sent me a message to say, I must really remain more than the two days I had named, otherwise he should never get into the way of doing so."
"[…] Corporal Cornichon, walking straight up to the bar, "tutoyering" me all the time in the most horridly familiar manner, clapped me on the back, and asked me to take a glass of cognac with him."

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutoyer.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

tutoyers (present, singular) tutoyering (participle, present) tutoyered (participle, past) tutoyered (past)

Phrases

T-V distinction thou tutoyer you

Frequently Paired Words

T-V distinction thou tutoyer you vousvoyer vouvoy

Synonyms

tutoy

Questions

What does tutoyer mean?: To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.
Where does tutoyer come from?: Borrowed from French tutoyer.

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