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monsieur¹

  • /məˈsjʊə(ɹ)/
  • /məˈsjɜː(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From French monsieur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsignor.

noun monsieurs · messieurs

  1. dated A man, especially a French gentleman. Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!

Monsieur²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Monsieur.

noun Monsieurs · Messieurs

  1. Mister, especially in a French context. It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]

    Similar: M.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mister, señor, gentleman, sir, master, man, gent, monsignor, congressman, loyal, dear, sahib, messer, slr, senhor, tower

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MLA

"monsieur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monsieur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

monsieur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monsieur

Chicago

"monsieur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monsieur.

BibTeX
@misc{monsieur_2026,
  title = {monsieur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monsieur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}