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vouvoyer

to address someone formally, use vous with someone

v u . v w a . j e
verb Rare #41,796
to address someone formally, use vous with someone
FR: Au travail, je préfère vouvoyer mes clients.
EN: At work, I prefer to use vous with my clients.

Et cesse de me vouvoyer !

And stop addressing me so formally!

— Le Ruban blanc (2009)

Et inutile de me vouvoyer.

And there's no need to address me formally.

— Une femme fantastique (2017)

Déjà, pas la peine de me vouvoyer.

For starters, there's no need to address me formally.

— Une femme fantastique (2017)

On va se vouvoyer.

Let's use the formal 'vous' form with each other.

— Mommy (2014)

Cesse donc de me vouvoyer.

Stop calling me “vous.”

— Le Ruban blanc (2009)

Mais tu ne vas pas me vouvoyer.

But you're not going to address me formally.

— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)

Tu ne dois pas me vouvoyer.

You shouldn't address me formally.

— Le Ruban blanc (2009)