votre

See also: vôtre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French vostre, from Old French vostre, from Latin voster (alongside the 'proper' vester).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔtʁ/
  • (informal before a consonant) IPA(key): /vɔt/
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Determiner

votre sg

  1. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural or formal)
    Monsieur, c'est votre portefeuille ?
    Sir, is this your wallet?
    S'il vous plaît, donnez-moi votre adresse.
    Please give me your address.

Derived terms

French possessive determiners
possessee
singular plural
m f
possessor singular 1st mon1 ma mes
2nd ton1 ta tes
3rd son1 sa ses
plural 1st notre nos
2nd votre2 vos2
3rd leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

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