rendezvous

UK: /ˈrɒndivuː/

US: /ˈrɑndəˌvu, -deɪ-/

US: (rän′də vo̅o̅′, -dā-; Fr. rän de vo̅o̅′)

Inflections of 'rendezvous' (n): npl: rendezvous

Inflections of 'rendezvous' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rendezvous

v 3rd person singular

rendezvousing

v pres p

rendezvoused

v past

rendezvoused

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ren•dez•vous /ˈrɑndəˌvu, -deɪ-/   n., pl. -vous /-ˌvuz/  v., -voused /ˌvud/   -vous•ing /-ˌvuɪŋ/.

  

n. [countable]

1. an agreement to meet at a certain time and place.
2. the meeting itself.
3. a place designated for a meeting or assembling, esp. of troops or ships.
4. a popular gathering place.

v. [no object]

5. to assemble at a rendezvous:
   The couple rendezvoused at their favorite tavern.

See -rend-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ren•dez•vous  (rän′də vo̅o̅′, -dā-; Fr. rän de vo̅o̅′), n., pl. -vous (-vo̅o̅z′; Fr. -vo̅o̅′), v., -voused  (vo̅o̅d′), -vous•ing (-vo̅o̅′ing).

 

n. 

1. an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
2. the meeting itself.
3. a place designated for a meeting or assembling, esp. of troops or ships.
4. Aerospace a meeting of two or more spacecraft in outer space.
5. a favorite or popular gathering place.

v.t., v.i. 

6. to assemble at an agreed time and place.

• Middle French, noun, nominal use of rendez-vous (imperatire.) present or betake yourselves; see render¹
• 1585–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rendezvous / ˈrɒndɪˌvuː/ noun ( -vous / -ˌvuːz/)

1. a meeting or appointment to meet at a specified time and place
2. a place where people meet

verb

1. to meet or cause to meet at a specified time or place

Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from rendez-vous! present yourselves! from se rendre to present oneself; see render