"vouvoyer" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /vu.vwa.je/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-vouvoyer.wav
Etymology: An alteration of voussoyer (vous + -oyer), influenced by the v in vous and the form of tutoyer. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|vous|-oyer}} vous + -oyer Head templates: {{fr-verb}} vouvoyer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vouvoyer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], vouvoyant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], vouvoyé [participle, past], vouvoie [first-person, indicative, present, singular], vouvoies [indicative, present, second-person, singular], vouvoie [indicative, present, singular, third-person], vouvoyons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], vouvoyez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], vouvoient [indicative, plural, present, third-person], vouvoyais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], vouvoyais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], vouvoyait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], vouvoyions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], vouvoyiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], vouvoyaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], vouvoyai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], vouvoyas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], vouvoya [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], vouvoyâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], vouvoyâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], vouvoyèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], vouvoierai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], vouvoieras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], vouvoiera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], vouvoierons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], vouvoierez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], vouvoieront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], vouvoierais [conditional, first-person, singular], vouvoierais [conditional, second-person, singular], vouvoierait [conditional, singular, third-person], vouvoierions [conditional, first-person, plural], vouvoieriez [conditional, plural, second-person], vouvoieraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], vouvoie [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], vouvoies [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], vouvoie [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], vouvoyions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], vouvoyiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], vouvoient [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], vouvoyasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], vouvoyasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], vouvoyât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], vouvoyassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], vouvoyassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], vouvoyassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], vouvoie [imperative, second-person, singular], vouvoyons [first-person, imperative, plural], vouvoyez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to "you" (as opposed to "to "thou"") Tags: transitive Synonyms: vousoyer, voussoyer Derived forms: vouvoiement Related terms: T-V distinction
    Sense id: en-vouvoyer-fr-verb-cjrNCC0S Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -oyer, French verbs with conjugation -yer, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vous",
        "3": "-oyer"
      },
      "expansion": "vous + -oyer",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An alteration of voussoyer (vous + -oyer), influenced by the v in vous and the form of tutoyer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyant",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyé",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoie",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoies",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoie",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyons",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoient",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyais",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyais",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyait",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyions",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwaj.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwaj.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyaient",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyai",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyas",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoya",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyâmes",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyâtes",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyèrent",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierai",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieras",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoiera",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierons",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieront",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierais",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierais",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierait",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierions",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieriez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieraient",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoie",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoies",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoie",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyions",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwaj.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwaj.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoient",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyasse",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyasses",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyât",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyassions",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyassiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyassent",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoie",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyons",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "tutoyer"
        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "vouvoiement"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to \"you\" (as opposed to \"to \"thou\"\")"
      ],
      "id": "en-vouvoyer-fr-verb-cjrNCC0S",
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        [
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          "address"
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        [
          "vous",
          "vous#French"
        ],
        [
          "tu",
          "tu#French"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "V-form",
          "V-form"
        ],
        [
          "you",
          "you#English:_verb"
        ],
        [
          "thou",
          "thou"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to \"you\" (as opposed to \"to \"thou\"\")"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "T-V distinction"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vousoyer"
        },
        {
          "word": "voussoyer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/"
    },
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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "vouvoiement"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "vous",
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  "etymology_text": "An alteration of voussoyer (vous + -oyer), influenced by the v in vous and the form of tutoyer.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyant",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.jɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyé",
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      "form": "vouvoyâmes",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vouvoyâtes",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "vouvoyèrent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierai",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieras",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "vouvoiera",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierons",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoierez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoieront",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "vouvoierait",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "vouvoieriez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "pluperfect"
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      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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        "singular",
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        "singular",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
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        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "vouvoyassiez",
      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.ja.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "vouvoyassent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "vouvoie",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "vouvoyons",
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      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vouvoyez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vouvoyer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "T-V distinction"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tutoyer"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "French 3-syllable words",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French first group verbs",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms suffixed with -oyer",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French transitive verbs",
        "French verbs",
        "French verbs with conjugation -yer",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to \"you\" (as opposed to \"to \"thou\"\")"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ],
        [
          "vous",
          "vous#French"
        ],
        [
          "tu",
          "tu#French"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "V-form",
          "V-form"
        ],
        [
          "you",
          "you#English:_verb"
        ],
        [
          "thou",
          "thou"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to address someone using the formal pronoun vous rather than the informal tu, to use the V-form, to \"you\" (as opposed to \"to \"thou\"\")"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/vu.vwa.je/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vousoyer"
    },
    {
      "word": "voussoyer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vouvoyer"
}

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