tutoyer
French → English
(social) To address with 'tu': the act of using the informal second-person singular pronoun to show familiarity
Dans cette entreprise moderne, le patron demande à tous ses employés de le tutoyer.
(English) In this modern company, the boss asks all his employees to address him with 'tu'.
Il est impoli de tutoyer une personne âgée que l'on ne connaît pas.
(English) It is impolite to use the informal 'tu' with an elderly person you do not know.
(metaphor) To border on: to approach extremely closely or to brush against a limit or extreme state
Cet alpiniste a souvent tutoyé la mort lors de ses expéditions en Himalaya.
(English) This mountain climber has often brushed against death during his Himalayan expeditions.
Le thermomètre a tutoyé les quarante degrés pendant la canicule de juillet.
(English) The thermometer bordered on forty degrees during the July heatwave.
Entry ID: fr:en:tutoyer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary