vouvoyer

vouvoyer [vuvwaje]

➭ TABLE 8 transitive verb

• vouvoyer qn to address sb as "vous" → TUTOIEMENT/VOUVOIEMENT

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vuvwaje
1.

verbe transitif to address [somebody] using the ‘vous’ form

2.

se vouvoyer verbe pronominal to address one another using the ‘vous’ form

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vuvwaje vt

vouvoyer qn — to address sb as "vous"

Est-ce que je dois vouvoyer ta sœur? — Should I address your sister as "vous"?

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vouvoyer verb table: employer

A vtr to address [sb] using the ‘vous’ form.

B se vouvoyer vpr to address one another using the ‘vous’ form.

[vuvwaje] verbe transitif

to address as "vous"

les parents se faisaient vouvoyer par leurs enfants the children addressed their parents as "vous"

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se vouvoyer verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

to address each other as "vous"