rendezvous
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rendezvous
- /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/ UK
- /ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/ UK
- /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/ US
- /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/ US
- /ˈrɔːn.ɖeː.ʋuː/ India
Where it comes from
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]”.
noun rendezvous · rendezvouses · randezvous · rendez-vous
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A meeting or date.
Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)
Similar: assignation
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time. Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.
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A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
Similar: meeting place
- The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
- A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- A retreat or refuge. A rendeuous, a home to fly unto
Similar: RV
verb rendezvouses · rendezvous · rendezvousing · rendezvoused · randezvous
- To meet at an agreed time and place. Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tryst, meeting, gathering, visit, rally, meet, appointment, encounter, event, revision, proceed, staging, sit-down, quote, quotation, scheduling
noun
Similar: RV
Translations
Every language
noun meeting or date
| Español | encuentro, cita, rendez-vous |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 會合 /会合 huìhé, 約會 /约会 yuēhuì |
| Português | encontro |
| Français | rendez-vous |
| Deutsch | Rendezvous |
| Ελληνικά | ραντεβού rantevoú |
| Русский | свида́ние svidánije, встре́ча vstréča, рандеву́ randɛvú |
noun agreement to meet
| 中文 | 約會 /约会 yuēhuì, 約會地點 /约会地点 yuēhuì dìdiǎn, 約會時間 /约会时间 yuēhuì shíjiān |
|---|---|
| Português | rendez-vous |
| Français | rendez-vous |
| Deutsch | Rendezvous |
noun a place appointed for a meeting
| Español | punto de encuentro |
|---|
verb meet at an agreed time and place
| 日本語 | 待ち合わせる machiawaseru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 會合 /会合 huìhé, 見面 /见面 jiànmiàn |
| Français | se donner rendez-vous, se rencontrer, se rejoindre |
| Deutsch | sich treffen |
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title = {rendezvous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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