Definitions for rendezvous
ˈrɑn dəˌvu, -deɪ-; -ˌvuz; ˌvud; -ˌvu ɪŋren·dezvous

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rendezvous(noun)

   a meeting planned at a certain time and place

2. rendezvous(noun)

   a place where people meet

   "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous"

3. tryst, rendezvous(verb)

   a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

4. rendezvous(verb)

   meet at a rendezvous

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rendezvous(Noun)

   A meeting or date.

   I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.

   Etymology: From rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural of rendre + vous.

2. rendezvous(Noun)

   An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.

   u201CGet the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.u201D

   Etymology: From rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural of rendre + vous.

3. rendezvous(Verb)

   To meet at an agreed time and place.

   Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.

   Etymology: From rendez-vous, from rendez, second person plural of rendre + vous.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rendezvous(noun)

   a place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

2. Rendezvous(noun)

   especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

3. Rendezvous(noun)

   a meeting by appointment

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

4. Rendezvous(noun)

   retreat; refuge

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

5. Rendezvous(verb)

   to assemble or meet at a particular place

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

6. Rendezvous(verb)

   to bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled

   Etymology: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rendezvous

   Rendezvous is a latin jazz album released by Michel Camilo, pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1993 on the Columbia Records label. The album was produced by Camilo and Julio Marti and features nine tracks. This album was picked by Billboard magazines as one of the top jazz albums of the year.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rendezvous

   ren′de-vōō, or räng′-, n. an appointed place of meeting, esp. for troops or ships: a place for enlistment: a refuge:—pl. Ren′dezvous.—v.i. to assemble at any appointed place. [Fr. rendez vous, render yourselves—rendre, to render.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rendezvous

   The port or place of destination where the several ships of a fleet are appointed to join company.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rendezvous

   A place appointed for a meeting; especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; sometimes a place for enlistment. Also, to assemble or meet at a particular place, as troops, ships, etc.

Etymology and Origins(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rendezvous

   Literally an individual haunt or resort, and in no sense a place of public meeting. The word is French for “betake yourself.”

How to pronounce rendezvous?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rendezvous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rendezvous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of rendezvous in a Sentence

1. Ronald Reagan:

   You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.

2. Buzz Aldrin:

   It's an integrated plan that knits together return[ing] to the moon on a commercial and international basis, leveraging asteroid rendezvous, and settling Mars on a carefully developed risk-mitigation architecture, it includes the use of a robotic cycler between Mars and Earth that will revolutionize the economics and safety aspects of human missions to Mars.

3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   I believe the destiny of your generation-and your nation-is a rendezvous with excellence.

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