rendezvous en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/ (US)
- (General-American) audio
- rän′dā-voo͞″
- /ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/ (UK)
- /ˈrɔːn.ɖeː.ʋuː/ (India)
- rän′-də-voo͞″
- /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/ (US)
- /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/ (UK)
- (US) audio
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]”.
Meanings
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A meeting or date.
The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
1845, Dublin University Magazine, volume 25, page 39:You might think it's foolish / This chancy rendezvous / (You might think) You might think I'm crazy / (All I want) All I want is you
1984, Ric Ocasek, “You Might Think”, in Heartbeat City, performed by The Cars:Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)
I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.
These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:“It is my understanding from other parties who are trying to arrange a rendezvous with myself and the President, it is being arranged for me to give him the firsthand information from (Assange),” Rohrabacher said.
2017 August 29, Andrew Kaczynski, quoting Dana Rohrabacher, “Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
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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
1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
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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.
1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
- A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
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(obsolete) A retreat or refuge.
A rendeuous, a home to fly unto
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| randezvous | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| rendez-vous | alternative | lexicographic | |
| rendezvous | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| rendezvouses | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Descendants
Synonyms
meeting place · assignation · RV
Translations (46)
mi taupunipuni (a place appointed for a meeting) · ru рандеву́ (meeting or date) · th จุดนัดพบ (a place appointed for a meeting) · pl miejsce spotkania (a place appointed for a meeting) · ru встре́ча (meeting or date) · aeb رانديڥو (meeting or date) · fa وعدهٔ دیدار (agreement to meet) · ru свида́ние (meeting or date) · cmn 約會 /约会 (agreement to meet) · fi tapaaminen (meeting or date) · es encuentro (meeting or date) · cs dostaveníčko (agreement to meet) · hu randevú (meeting or date) · cmn 會合 /会合 (meeting or date) · pt encontro (meeting or date) · fa دیدار (meeting or date) · cy rondefŵ (meeting or date) · bg място на среща (a place appointed for a meeting) · cmn 約會時間 /约会时间 (agreement to meet) · cmn 約會地點 /约会地点 (agreement to meet) · es punto de encuentro (a place appointed for a meeting) · cmn 約會 /约会 (meeting or date) · pl randka (meeting or date) · pl rendez-vous (meeting or date) · de Rendezvous (meeting or date) · de Rendezvous (agreement to meet) · tl tagpuan (meeting or date) · tr randevu (meeting or date) · fr rendez-vous (meeting or date) · cs rande (meeting or date) · fi tapaamispaikka (a place appointed for a meeting) · da rendezvous (agreement to meet) · ht randevou (meeting or date) · cy rondefŵ (agreement to meet) · bg сре́ща (meeting or date) · fi tapaaminen (agreement to meet) · fr rendez-vous (agreement to meet) · pt rendez-vous (agreement to meet) · el ραντεβού (meeting or date) · es cita (meeting or date) · pl spotkanie (agreement to meet) · tr randevu (agreement to meet) · fa ملاقات (meeting or date) · da rendezvous (meeting or date) · es rendez-vous (meeting or date) · fa قرار ملاقات (agreement to meet)