"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
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 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
    Sense id: en-tu-fr-pron-YlRQo4WZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French interrogative particles, French particles, French personal pronouns, French pronouns Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 84 16 Disambiguation of French interrogative particles: 9 78 13 Disambiguation of French particles: 0 71 29 Related terms: vous [plural, polite, singular], je, j’, me, m’, , moi, te, t’, toi, il, le, l’, lui, y, en, elle, la, on1, se, s’4, soi4, nous, vous2, 3, ils3, les, leur, eux3, elles, 1 Also used as the first person plural, 2 Also used as the polite singular form, 3 Also used when a group has both men and women, 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive
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 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[t͡sʏ]",
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        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ti]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃy]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tue"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tues"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tuent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tus"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tut"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tût"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-y"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French interrogative particles",
    "French lemmas",
    "French particles",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 96 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/y",
    "Rhymes:French/y/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "From t-il.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "particle",
        "cat2": "interrogative particles"
      },
      "expansion": "tu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French informal terms",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quebec French"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is it possible?",
          "text": "C’est-tu possible ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "question marker"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Quebec, informal) question marker"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fr:question marker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ty/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-tu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Fr-tu.ogg/Fr-tu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Fr-tu.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sy]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sʏ]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ti]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃy]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tue"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tues"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tuent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tus"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tut"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tût"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-y"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tu"
}

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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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