randevu
See also: randevú
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous. Doublet of rendez-vous.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.deˈvu/ [hɐ̃.deˈvu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.deˈvu/ [χɐ̃.deˈvu]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.dɨˈvu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃.dɨˈbu/ [ʁɐ̃.dɨˈβu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ran‧de‧vu
Noun
randevu m (plural randevus)
- (Brazil) brothel
- Synonym: bordel
- 2008, Hermes e Renato, “Muito Além de Brokeback” (5:31 from the start), in Tela Class, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Dr. Artur (Marco Antônio Alves), São Paulo, satirical dubbing of Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, via MTV Brasil:
- Eu liberei as filmagens achando que seria um bangue-bangue, na verdade era um filme de viado! Hoje o filme é um sucesso e a nossa cidade um randevu!
- I let them shoot it thinking it would be a western, but in the end it was a gay movie! Nowadays the movie is a success and our town is a brothel!
Further reading
- “randevu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “randevu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Noun
randevu n (plural randevuri)
- alternative form of rendez-vous
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | randevu | randevuul | randevuuri | randevuurile | |
| genitive-dative | randevu | randevuului | randevuuri | randevuurilor | |
| vocative | randevuule | randevuurilor | |||
References
- randevu in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology
From French rendez-vous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾɑn.de.vu/
Noun
randevu (definite accusative randevuyu, plural randevular)
- date (pre-arranged social meeting), rendezvous
- appointment
Declension
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Derived terms
- randevulaşmak (“to rendezvous with each other”)