Monsieur Definition

mə-syœ
messieurs
noun
Used as a courtesy title before the surname, full name, or professional title of a man in a French-speaking area.
Monsieur Cartier; Monsieur Jacques Cartier.
American Heritage
A man; gentleman.
Webster's New World
French title, equivalent to Mr. or Sir.
Webster's New World
Used as a form of polite address for a man in a French-speaking area.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Monsieur

Noun

Singular:
Monsieur
Plural:
monsieurs

Origin of Monsieur

  • French from Old French mon my (from Latin meum) (accusative of meus me-1 in Indo-European roots) sieur lord, sir (from Vulgar Latin seiorem) (accusative of *seior sire)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Monsieur Sentence Examples

  • I will bring him to you directly, Monsieur Dessalles.

  • Oh, it was beautiful, Monsieur Pierre!

  • His valet had orders to awake him every morning with the words, "Remember, monsieur le comte, that you have great things to do."

  • It is probably in Sibylle and in Julia de Trecceur that he can now be studied to most advantage, though Monsieur de Camors gives a greater sense of power, and though Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre still preserves its popularity.

  • In 1867 he produced his masterpiece of Monsieur de Camors, and in 1872 he wrote Julia de Trecc ur, which is hardly less admirable.

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