Vouvoyer

Quick meaning: Vouvoyer is a verb meaning Alternative form of vousvoyer.

Meaning

Alternative form of vousvoyer.

Example Sentences

The lad is vouvoyer'''ing him, being well brought up: the state he’s in, he has hardly earned the formal mode.

In my view, vouvoyering is not enough. Far better to go on to monsieur et madame, which applies another diaphanous layer of style.

I had followed up the few leads I had and was invited to a couple of dinner parties, but after years of over-busy social life in London, I had become an awkward mute, knowing I was failing to understand the codes, the tutoyer-ing versus the vouvoyer'''-ing.

[Guy] Bertrand said he should also have twigged when “Bouchard” – whom he has addressed using the familiar “tu” for years – started off the conversation using the formal “vous.” “I found myself saying, ‘Hello, Lucien, how is it going?’ and he ‘vouvoyered’ me and he had a bit of a haughty air. So I told myself that even though we know each other well, perhaps it’s better if we use vous.”

Word Forms

• vouvoyers
• vouvoyering
• vouvoyered

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vouvoie, vousvoie, tutoie, voudou, parlez-vous, parlyvoo.

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