tutoyer

Meaning

1. to thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous)
2. (colloquial) to be familiar with, to be close to something

Concepts

thou

thee and thou

thousand

yard

address informally

G

G

K

K

M

M

one thousand

use the familiar form

use the familiar form ’tu’

1000

chiliad

be on first-name terms

grand

Synonyms

mille

1000

tu

chiliade

thou

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ty.twa.je/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: þúa

Cognate with German: duzen

Cognate with English: thou

Cognate with Portuguese: tutear

Cognate with Spanish: tutear

Cognate with Romanian: tutui

In summary

From tu + -oyer with euphonic t; compare the Icelandic þúa, German duzen and English thou. Cognate with Portuguese tutear, Spanish tutear and Romanian tutui.