tutoyer
[too-twah-yey; French ty-twa-yey]
|
verb (used with object), tu·toy·ered or tu·toy·ed [too-twah-yeyd] /ˌtu twɑˈyeɪd/, tu·toy·er·ing [too-twah-yey-ing] /ˌtu twɑˈyeɪ ɪŋ/.
to address (someone), especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.
Origin of tutoyer
1690–1700; < French, to address as tu and toi (the familiar singular forms for “you” in French)
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for tutoyer
Historical Examples of tutoyer
I should not have recognized her, and I don't dare to tutoyer the young lady!
Strong as DeathGuy de Maupassant
And it depends a great deal upon circumstances whether it is affection or insult to tutoyer a stranger.
Hester, Volume 1 (of 3)Margaret Oliphant
I was half inclined to array myself in drab, and tutoyer the first of the body I chanced to encounter in my walks abroad.
Mystic London:Charles Maurice Davies
And during the sixteen months of his studentship he grew sufficiently familiar with some of his fellow-students even to tutoyer.
Odd Bits of HistoryHenry W. Wolff