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confrontation
English
Etymology
From Middle French.Morphologically confront +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?nf??n?te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
confrontation (countable and uncountable, plural confrontations)
- The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
- A conflict between armed forces.
Derived terms
- confrontational
Related terms
- confront
Translations
Further reading
- confrontation at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.f???.ta.sj??/
Noun
confrontation f (plural confrontations)
- confrontation
Related terms
- confronter
Further reading
- “confrontation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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rendezvous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally "[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]."
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???nd??vu/, /???nde???vu/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???nd??vu?/, /???nde???vu?/
Noun
rendezvous (plural rendezvous or (rare) rendezvouses)
- A meeting or date.
- 1845, Dublin University Magazine (volume 25, page 39)
- The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
- 1845, Dublin University Magazine (volume 25, page 39)
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- (spaceflight) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
Usage notes
The plural form of rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.
Synonyms
- (military): RV (abbreviation)
Descendants
- ? Welsh: rondef?
- ? Welsh: randib?
Translations
Verb
rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvous or rendezvouses, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)
- To meet at an agreed time and place.
Translations
See also
- rendez-vous for French definition, spelling, and pronunciation
Czech
Alternative forms
- rendez-vous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rand?vu?]
Noun
rendezvous n
- date, appointment (meeting with a lover or potential lover)
Declension
Synonyms
- See also rande
Further reading
- rendezvous in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous.
Noun
rendezvous n (singular definite rendezvouset or rendezvous'et, plural indefinite rendezvouser or rendezvous'er)
- rendezvous
Inflection
Synonyms
- stævnemøde
- date
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