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rendezvous
What does rendezvous mean?
rendezvous (noun): a meeting planned at a certain time and place.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce rendezvous?
/ˈɹɑndɪˌvu/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rendezvous come from?
Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally, “ go to, get yourself to”.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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