noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rän′dā-voo͞′′
rän′-də-voo͞′′
UK:/ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/
UK:/ˈɹɒndeɪ̯ˌvuː/
US:/ˈɹɑndəˌvu/
US:/ˈɹɑndeɪ̯ˌvu/
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India:/ˈrɔːn.ɖeː.ʋuː/
CMU ARPABET:R AA1 N D IH0 V UW2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A meeting or date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonym: assignation (hyponymous in modern use)
I have a rendezvous with a friend in three hours.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assignation
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meeting place
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A retreat or refuge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To meet at an agreed time and place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a meeting planned at a certain time and place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meeting, coming together
Narrower terms: assignation, tryst
9
noun
Meaning 9
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tryst
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: date, appointment, engagement
10
noun
Meaning 10
a place where people meet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: topographic point, place, spot
11
verb
Meaning 11
meet at a rendezvous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meet, get together
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally, “[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]”.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Tunisian Arabic:
رانديڥو
(randivu)
— meeting or date
Bulgarian:
сре́ща
(sréšta)
— meeting or date
Chinese Mandarin:
會合 /会合
(huìhé)
— meeting or date
Chinese Mandarin:
約會 /约会
(yuēhuì)
— meeting or date
Czech:
rande
— meeting or date
Danish:
rendezvous
— meeting or date
Finnish:
tapaaminen
— meeting or date
French:
rendez-vous
— meeting or date
German:
Rendezvous
— meeting or date
Greek:
ραντεβού
(rantevoú)
— meeting or date
Haitian Creole:
randevou
— meeting or date
Hungarian:
randevú
— meeting or date
Persian:
دیدار
(didâr)
— meeting or date
Persian:
ملاقات
(molâqât)
— meeting or date
Polish:
randka
— meeting or date
Polish:
rendez-vous
— meeting or date
Portuguese:
encontro
— meeting or date
Russian:
свида́ние
(svidánije)
— meeting or date
Russian:
встре́ча
(vstréča)
— meeting or date
Russian:
рандеву́
(randɛvú)
— meeting or date
Spanish:
encuentro
— meeting or date
Spanish:
cita
— meeting or date
Spanish:
rendez-vous
— meeting or date
Tagalog:
tagpuan
— meeting or date
Turkish:
randevu
— meeting or date
Welsh:
rondefŵ
— meeting or date
Chinese Mandarin:
約會 /约会
(yuēhuì)
— agreement to meet
Chinese Mandarin:
約會地點 /约会地点
(yuēhuì dìdiǎn)
— agreement to meet
Chinese Mandarin:
約會時間 /约会时间
(yuēhuì shíjiān)
— agreement to meet
Czech:
dostaveníčko
— agreement to meet
Danish:
rendezvous
— agreement to meet
Finnish:
tapaaminen
— agreement to meet
French:
rendez-vous
— agreement to meet
German:
Rendezvous
— agreement to meet
Persian:
وعدهٔ دیدار
(va'de-ye didâr)
— agreement to meet
Persian:
قرار ملاقات
(qarâr-e molâqât)
— agreement to meet
Polish:
spotkanie
— agreement to meet
Portuguese:
rendez-vous
— agreement to meet
Turkish:
randevu
— agreement to meet
Welsh:
rondefŵ
— agreement to meet
Bulgarian:
място на среща
(mjasto na srešta)
— a place appointed for a meeting
Finnish:
tapaamispaikka
— a place appointed for a meeting
Māori:
taupunipuni
— a place appointed for a meeting
Polish:
miejsce spotkania
— a place appointed for a meeting
Spanish:
punto de encuentro
— a place appointed for a meeting
Thai:
จุดนัดพบ
— a place appointed for a meeting
Tunisian Arabic:
رندف
(rǝndǝf)
— meet at an agreed time and place
Bulgarian:
срещам се
(sreštam se)
— meet at an agreed time and place
Chinese Mandarin:
會合 /会合
(huìhé)
— meet at an agreed time and place
Chinese Mandarin:
見面 /见面
(jiànmiàn)
— meet at an agreed time and place
Finnish:
tavata
— meet at an agreed time and place
Finnish:
kohdata
— meet at an agreed time and place
French:
se donner rendez-vous
— meet at an agreed time and place
French:
se rencontrer
— meet at an agreed time and place
French:
se rejoindre
— meet at an agreed time and place
German:
sich treffen
— meet at an agreed time and place
Japanese:
待ち合わせる
(machiawaseru)
— meet at an agreed time and place
Polish:
spotykać się
— meet at an agreed time and place
Polish:
spotkać się
— meet at an agreed time and place
Turkish:
randevulaşmak
— meet at an agreed time and place
