rendezvous

English

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]."

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/, /ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/
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Noun

rendezvous (plural rendezvous or (rare) rendezvouses)

  1. A meeting or date.
    I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.
    • 1845, Dublin University Magazine (volume 25, page 39)
      The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
  2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
    “Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”
  3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
  4. (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
    • Clarendon
      The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
  5. (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Usage notes

The plural form of rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.

Synonyms
  • (military): RV (abbreviation)

Translations

Verb

rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvous or rendezvouses, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)

  1. To meet at an agreed time and place.
    Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.

Translations

See also
  • rendez-vous for French definition, spelling, and pronunciation

Czech

Noun

rendezvous n

  1. date, appointment (meeting with a lover or potential lover)

Synonyms

Further reading
  • rendezvous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous.

Noun

rendezvous n (singular definite rendezvouset or rendezvous'et, plural indefinite rendezvouser or rendezvous'er)

  1. rendezvous

Inflection
Declension of rendezvous
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rendezvous rendezvouset
rendezvous'et		 rendezvouser
rendezvous'er		 rendezvouserne
rendezvous'erne
genitive rendezvous' rendezvousets
rendezvous'ets		 rendezvousers
rendezvous'ers		 rendezvousernes
rendezvous'ernes

Synonyms
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