monseigneur

See also: Monseigneur

English

Etymology

From Middle French monseigneur.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒnsɛˈnjəː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɒnˈsinjəɹ/

Noun

monseigneur (plural monseigneurs or messeigneurs)

  1. An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
  2. (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.

Dutch

Etymology

From French Monseigneur.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mon‧seig‧neur

Noun

monseigneur m (plural monseigneurs, diminutive monseigneurtje n)

  1. Monsignor

French

Etymology

From Old French mon (my) + seigneur (lord).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.sɛ.ɲœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

monseigneur m (plural messeigneurs)

  1. monseigneur
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.ii:
      —La salle à manger de monseigneur! s'écria le directeur stupéfait.
      ‘My lord's dining-room!’ cried the stupefied director.
  2. Monsignor

Synonyms

  • Mgr (abbreviation)

Derived terms

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