monseigneur
See also: Monseigneur
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonseigneur (plural monseigneurs or messeigneurs)
- (archaic) An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
- (archaic) (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom French monseigneur.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: mon‧seig‧neur
Noun
editmonseigneur m (plural monseigneurs, diminutive monseigneurtje n)
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French mon (“my”) + seigneur (“lord”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonseigneur m (plural messeigneurs)
- monseigneur
- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 2, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
- —La salle à manger de monseigneur! s’écria le directeur stupéfait.
- ‘My lord’s dining-room!’ cried the stupefied director.
- monsignor
Synonyms
edit- Mgr (abbreviation)
Derived terms
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editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “monseigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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