Rendezvous

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
• UK IPA: /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/, /'ɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/

Origin

From French rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural, imperative, of se rendre ("to go (to)") + vous ("you").

Full definition of rendezvous

Noun

1. A meeting or date.I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.
2. An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.“Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”
3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
• Sir Walter Scottan inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
4. The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
• ClarendonThe king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
5. (obsolete) retreat; refuge

Usage notes

The plural rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Very rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.

Verb

1. To meet at an agreed time and place.Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.