vous

Meaning

  1. (formal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective) the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
  2. (direct-object, formal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
  3. (formal, plural, second-person, singular) you, to you (indirect object pronoun)
  4. (formal, plural, polite, second-person, singular) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person

Concepts

you

y’all

thou
ye
you all
thee

to you

Mrs
sir
yours
yourself
yourselves

this side

your home

your house

yu

your family

SG

you pl.

you
you
yer

lady and gentleman

before

𐑏

gentleman
🤵‍♂️
good luck
her
lady
madam
mister
Synonyms

tu
A1
te
A1
toi
A1
votre
A1

t’

vos
A1
du reste
le
A1
les
A1
madame
A1
nous
A1
que
A1
son
A1
🔉
sujet
A1
au fait
bon courage
bonne chance
dis
A1
saches
B2
sachez
B2

votre maison

ce côté

je
A1

cinq lettres

à propos
autant
A1
avant
A1

d’ailleurs

dame
A2
Translations

vosotros
Sie
ihr
ustedes
usted
voi
jullie
u
vos
vocês
vosotras
je
você
tu
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vu/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
vous
Inherited from Old French
vos
Inherited from Latin
vōs
Cognate with Picard
os
Cognate with Occitan
vosautres
Cognate with Catalan
Catalan
vosaltres
Cognate with Corsican
voi
In summary

Inherited from Middle French vous, from Old French vos, vous, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs. See cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin, Bourbonnais-Berrichon, Bourguignon, Champenois, Lorrain, Orléanais, and Poitevin-Saintongeais vous; Franc-Comtois vôs; Gallo vouz; Norman and Franco-Provençal vos; Picard os; Occitan vosautres (Provençal vousautes); Catalan vosaltres; Corsican voi. Other cognates with the same usage are voi in Italian as well as вы in Russian.

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