vouvoy

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To address (someone) in French using the formal second-person pronoun vous. rare
    — Americans are practically on a first-name basis with the president of the United States, after all, unlike the French, who when they’re not busy vouvoying one another are addressing one another as madame or monsieur, concealing their first names like ATM codes.

词形变化

vouvoys present,singular,third-person vouvoying participle,present vouvoyed participle,past vouvoyed past vousvoie alternative vouvoie alternative

词源

From French vouvoyer.
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