tutoy

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verb

To address by the informal French pronoun tu (“you”).

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tutoyer
OriginFrench tutoyer →
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Meanings

verbtutoy (third-person singular simple present tutoys, present participle tutoying, simple past and past participle tutoyed)

present singular third person tutoys · participle present tutoying · participle past tutoyed · past tutoyed · alternative tutoie · alternative obsolete tutay

  1. transitiveTo address by the informal French pronoun tu (“you”).

    Synonyms: tutoyer

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo address by the informal French pronoun tu (“you”).

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tutoyer
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tutoyer

Origin

  1. Frenchtutoyer
  2. Englishtutoy

From French tutoyer.

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APA

tutoy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutoy

MLA

“tutoy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutoy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tutoy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tutoy.

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