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:

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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

• votredit

 

Related 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• orvet, torve, voter