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vous.

the plural personal pronoun in the second person

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

pron/vu//vu.z‿/
  1. the plural personal pronoun in the second person you (all)

    formal · plural · pronoun · second-person · singular · subjective
    Toi et lui, vous êtes mes meilleurs amis.
  2. the plural personal pronoun in the second person you (all)

    direct-object · formal · plural · pronoun · second-person · singular
    Je vous adore.
  3. you, to you (indirect object pronoun)

    formal · plural · second-person · singular
    Je vous donnerai mon adresse.
  4. plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person

    formal · plural · polite · second-person · singular
    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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