monseigneur
See also: Monseigneur
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor.
Pronunciation
Noun
monseigneur (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
Etymology
From French monseigneur.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mon‧seig‧neur
Noun
monseigneur m (plural monseigneurs, diminutive monseigneurtje n)
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French mon (“my”) + seigneur (“lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃.sɛ.ɲœʁ/ ~ /mɔ̃.se.ɲœʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
monseigneur m (plural messeigneurs or nosseigneurs)
- 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
- Mgr (abbreviation)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “monseigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Noun
monseigneur
- alternative spelling of monsinyur