monsieur

Signification

1. mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man, used with or without the name in direct or third-person address)
2. gentleman

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mə.sjø/

Étymologie

From mon (“my”) + sieur, from the oblique case of Old French sire (cf. also seignor), ultimately from Latin senior. The first syllable has been reduced through frequent use. Loss of word-final /r/ was common in Early Modern French, but failed to established itself except in (most) words in -er. Monsieur and gars are two relics of this pronunciation habit.

Phrases

Vous allez donc partir, monsieur ?

So you're going to leave, sir?

Oh ! monsieur , il ne me gêne pas !

Oh, sir, he doesn't bother me!

Ne riez pas , monsieur , ils ne méritent pas les quolibets .

Don't laugh, sir, they don't deserve quips.

Le portier lui répondit que monsieur Derville n’était pas rentré .

The doorman replied that Mr. Derville had not returned.

Rue Saint-Dominique, numéro dix-sept , pas de monsieur Urbain Fabre!

Rue Saint-Dominique, number seventeen, no Mr. Urban Fabre!