tutoyer
tutoyer verb: to address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.
Verb
tutoyer (third-person singular simple present tutoyers, present participle tutoyering, simple past and past participle tutoyered)
- To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.
- 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.1862, The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, volume 115, page 132
- […] 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.1866, William Stamer, Recollections of a Life of Adventure, volume 1, page 83
- Synonyms:
- tutoy
Synonyms of tutoyer
Forms of tutoyer
| third-person singular present | tutoyers |
|---|---|
| present participle | tutoyering |
| past participle | tutoyered |
| past | tutoyered |
Origin of tutoyer
Borrowed from French tutoyer.
Questions about tutoyer
- What does tutoyer mean?
- Tutoyer means to address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou.
- What part of speech is tutoyer?
- Tutoyer is a verb.
- What is the past tense of tutoyer?
- The past tense of tutoyer is tutoyered.
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