votre

See also: vôtre

French

Alternative forms

vôtre (archaic or literary)
vostre (obsolete)

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/
Audio: (file)

Determiner

votre sg

(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

votredit

Related terms

French possessive determiners

			Possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f	plural
Possessor	singular	1^st	mon¹	ma	mes
		2^nd	ton¹	ta	tes
		3^rd	son¹	sa	ses
	plural	1^st	notre		nos
		2^nd	votre²		vos²
		3^rd	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.

Further reading

“votre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

orvet, torve, voter

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