vous.
the plural personal pronoun in the second person
Meaning & usage
the plural personal pronoun in the second person you (all)
Toi et lui, vous êtes mes meilleurs amis.
the plural personal pronoun in the second person you (all)
Je vous adore.
you, to you (indirect object pronoun)
Je vous donnerai mon adresse.
plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire
Where this word comes from
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 (vy) in Russian.
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