rendezvous
pronunciation
How to pronounce rendezvous in British English:
UK [ˈrɒndɪvuː]
How to pronounce rendezvous in American English:
US [ˈrɑːndɪvuː]
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- Noun:
- a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- a place where people meet
- a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
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- Verb:
- meet at a rendezvous
Word Origin
- rendezvous
- rendezvous: [16] Rendezvous was borrowed from French rendez-vous, a lexicalization of rendezvous, the imperative plural of se rendre. This meant literally ‘present yourself’ – that is, at a particular place. English first used the word as a verb in the mid 17th century.
- rendezvous (n.)
- 1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.
- rendezvous (v.)
- 1640s, from rendezvous (n.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Give yourself plenty of time to get to your rendezvous .
- 2. This month it will attempt its most ambitious mission yet : a rendezvous with the space station .
- 3. Scientists at the jet propulsion laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with halley 's comet during its pass in 1986 .
- 4. The planes , codenamed " kate " by the allies , had already played their part in the first bombing waves and were on the way to their rendezvous point .
- 5. Scenes include a steamy rendezvous between clinton 's stepfather roger clinton and virginia , she wearing lingerie while singing about their torrid romance .