different between rendezvous vs midpoint

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)

1. 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.

2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
4. (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
5. (spaceflight) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
6. (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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. rendezvous

Inflection

Synonyms

• stævnemøde
• date

English

Alternative forms

• mid-point

Etymology

mid- +? point

Noun

midpoint (plural midpoints)

1. A point equidistant between two extremes.
2. (mathematics) A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.

Synonyms

• (point equidistant between two extremes): See also Thesaurus:midpoint

Derived terms

Translations