"tu" meaning in French

See tu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ty/, [t͡sy] [Quebec], [t͡sʏ] [Quebec], [ti] [Louisiana], [t͡ʃy] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-tu.ogg [France]
Rhymes: -y Etymology: From t-il. Head templates: {{head|fr|particle|cat2=interrogative particles}} tu
  1. (Quebec, informal) question marker Tags: Quebec, informal
    Sense id: en-tu-fr-particle-fr:question_marker Categories (other): Quebec French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

IPA: /ty/, [t͡sy] [Quebec], [t͡sʏ] [Quebec], [ti] [Louisiana], [t͡ʃy] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-tu.ogg [France] Forms: vous [plural], toi [emphatic], ton [determiner, possessive]
Rhymes: -y Etymology: From Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates with the exact same usage are the Italian tu, as well as du in German or ты in Russian. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|tu}} Old French tu, {{inh|fr|la|tu|tū}} Latin tū, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*tū}} Proto-Italic *tū, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*túh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, {{cog|it|tu}} Italian tu Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun|second person informal singular||plural|vous|object|te|emphatic|toi|possessive determiner|ton|cat2=personal pronouns}} tu (second person informal singular, plural vous, object te, emphatic toi, possessive determiner ton)
  1. you (singular); thou Tags: informal, second-person, singular Derived forms: tutoyer Related terms: vous (english: plural form and polite singular form)
    Sense id: en-tu-fr-pron-YlRQo4WZ Categories (other): French personal pronouns, French pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ty/, [t͡sy] [Quebec], [t͡sʏ] [Quebec], [ti] [Louisiana], [t͡ʃy] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-tu.ogg [France] Forms: tue [feminine], tus [masculine, plural], tues [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -y Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} tu (feminine tue, masculine plural tus, feminine plural tues)
  1. past participle of taire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: taire
    Sense id: en-tu-fr-verb-aD5Q43pb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French interrogative particles, French particles Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 18 82 Disambiguation of French interrogative particles: 12 21 68 Disambiguation of French particles: 0 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: object te",
  "path": [
    "tu"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "tu",
  "trace": ""
}

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