vouvoyer

== English == === Verb === vouvoyer (third-person singular simple present vouvoyers, present participle vouvoyering, simple past and past participle vouvoyered) Alternative form of vousvoyer. == French == === Alternative forms === vousoyer voussoyer === Etymology === An alteration of voussoyer (vous +‎ -oyer), influenced by the v in vous and the form of tutoyer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vu.vwa.je/ === Verb === vouvoyer (transitive) to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to "you" (as opposed to "thou") Antonym: tutoyer ==== 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 ==== vouvoiement ==== See also ==== T-V distinction === Further reading === “vouvoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012