rendezvous

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous, from rendez (second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”)) + vous (“you”).

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; a location or time agreed upon to meet.

   “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.

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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.

See also

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

Noun

rendezvous n

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

Further reading

• rendezvous in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous.

Noun

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

1. rendezvous