rendezvous

[rahn-duh-voo, -dey-; French rahn-de-voo] /ˈrɑn dəˌvu, -deɪ-; French rɑ̃ dɛˈvu/
noun, plural rendezvous
[rahn-duh-vooz; French rahn-de-voo] /ˈrɑn dəˌvuz; French rɑ̃ dɛˈvu/ (Show IPA)
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, especially of troops or ships.
4.
a meeting of two or more spacecraft in outer space.
5.
a favorite or popular gathering place.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), rendezvoused
[rahn-duh-vood] /ˈrɑn dəˌvud/ (Show IPA), rendezvousing
[rahn-duh-voo-ing] /ˈrɑn dəˌvu ɪŋ/ (Show IPA)
6.
to assemble at an agreed time and place.
Origin
1585-95; < Middle French, noun use of rendez-vous (imperative) present or betake yourselves; see render1
Examples from the web for rendezvous
  • Those two crossings marked their successful rendezvous with the troops who had preceded them.
  • After such encounters with uninvolved individuals, the rendezvous is always transferred to a location with a secure lock.
  • But he's left it to you to arrange the first rendezvous.
  • Behind the picturesque and captivating rendezvous lurks a powerful dramatic situation and a moral problem of arresting gravity.
  • Trouble is, then you're stuck where you land and need to rendezvous with your habitat.
  • Or, perhaps, determining the romantic component of the rendezvous beforehand is useless.
  • Our afternoon survey leads to a trampled-down rendezvous site.
  • If necessary, they would skip the rendezvous and camp on the south bank until morning, when the river would be down.
  • rendezvous has a casual atmosphere and a family-friendly menu.
  • They pretended to be her to arrange the rendezvous last week as part of a sting operation with police.
British Dictionary definitions for rendezvous

rendezvous

/ˈrɒndɪˌvuː/
noun (pl) -vous (-ˌvuːz)
1.
a meeting or appointment to meet at a specified time and place
2.
a place where people meet
3.
an arranged meeting of two spacecraft
verb
4.
to meet or cause to meet at a specified time or place
Word Origin
C16: from French, from rendez-vous! present yourselves! from se rendre to present oneself; see render
Word Origin and History for rendezvous
n.

1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.

v.

1640s, from rendezvous (n.).

rendezvous in Technology


1. In Ada, the method of synchronising the activity of different tasks.
2. Query language, close to natural English.
["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. Codd in Data Base Management, J.W. Klimbie et al eds, N-H 1974, pp.179-199].