Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dated)A man, especially a French gentleman.

More definitions
  • used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English ‘Mr’

Examples

5 sentences
  1. "And for monsieur?" "A veal stew!"

    de„Und für den Herrn?“ – „Ein Kalbseintopf!“ — Yorwba

  2. The work of Monsieur Bertillon seems good to a scientific person.

  3. "Bonjour, monsieur, bonjour!" "What did he say?" “Something about a lampshade.”

    ru«Бонжур, месье, бонжур!» — «Что он сказал?» — «Что-то про абажур». — odexed

  4. Did you know that Monsieur Reviere only lets us speak French in his classes?

  5. What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?

Origin

From French monsieur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsignor.

From French monsieur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsignor.

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Forms

plural: monsieurs / messieurs
Singularmonsieur
Pluralmonsieurs / messieurs

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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