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
11690–1700; <French, to address as tu and toi (the familiar singular forms for “you” in French)
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How to use tutoyer in a sentence
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 DaviesAnd it depends a great deal upon circumstances whether it is affection or insult to tutoyer a stranger.
Hester, Volume 1 (of 3) | Margaret OliphantI should not have recognized her, and I don't dare to tutoyer the young lady!
Strong as Death | Guy de MaupassantAnd during the sixteen months of his studentship he grew sufficiently familiar with some of his fellow-students even to tutoyer.
Odd Bits of History | Henry W. Wolff
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