rendezvous

English

/ˈɹɑndəˌvu/, /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/

noun
Definitions
  • A meeting or date.
  • An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
  • A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
  • (military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
  • (spaceflight) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
  • (obsolete) Retreat, refuge.

Etymology

Borrowed from French rendez-vous (appointment).

Origin

French

rendez-vous

Gloss

appointment

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