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verb

tutoyer

/ty.twa.je/

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verb/ty.twa.je/

to thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous); to be familiar with, to be close to something

Tutoyer la mort.To be no stranger to death

Antonyms: vouvoyer

From tu + -oyer with euphonic t; compare the Icelandic þúa, German duzen and English thou. Cognate with Portuguese tutear, Spanish tutear and Romanian tutui.