tutoyer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tutoyer. === Pronunciation === === Verb === tutoyer (third-person singular simple present tutoyers, present participle tutoyering, simple past and past participle tutoyered) (transitive) To address (someone) in French using the familiar second-person pronoun tu; to thou. ==== Synonyms ==== tutoy ==== Coordinate terms ==== vousvoyer, vouvoy ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== T-V distinction thou ~ you == French == === Etymology === From tu + -oyer with euphonic t; compare the Icelandic þúa, German duzen and English thou. Cognate with Portuguese tutear, Spanish tutear and Romanian tutui. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ty.twa.je/ === Verb === tutoyer (transitive) to thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous) Antonym: vouvoyer (colloquial) to be familiar with, to be close to something Tutoyer la mort. ― To be no stranger to death 2024 (14 April), Yves Boisvert, "J'ai marié un espion", La Presse: ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'. ==== Derived terms ==== tutoiement ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: tutejar (calque) → Dutch: tutoyeren → English: tutoyer ==== See also ==== T-V distinction === Further reading === “tutoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012