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rendezvous.

A meeting or date.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/UK/ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/UK/ˈɹɑndəˌvu/US/ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/US
  1. A meeting or date.

    I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.
  2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

    Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.
  3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

  4. The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

  5. A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.

  6. A retreat or refuge.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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]”.

verb/ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/UK/ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/UK/ˈɹɑndəˌvu/US/ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/US
  1. To meet at an agreed time and place.

    intransitive
    Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
Where this word comes from

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]”.

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