vous

Meaning

the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
you, to you (indirect object pronoun)
plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vu/

Etymology

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.

Cognate with Catalan

vosaltres

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Sentences

Vous êtes vraiment mon bon génie .

You really are my good genius.

Si vous saviez comme il
👨

est fait !

If only you knew how it is done!

Ma demande semble vous surprendre .

My request seems to surprise you.

Avocat de la force , la force vous échappe .

Advocate of strength, strength escapes you.

Vous direz à la petite de se tenir bien
👍

tranquille .

You will tell the little one to keep quiet.

Vous acceptez les dollars USA ?

Do you accept US dollars?

Il
👨

vous perd , dit Hélène au meurtrier .

He loses you, ”Helen told the murderer.

Vous souffrez , vous avant tout .

You suffer, you first and foremost.

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