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Monsieur
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Definition French equivalent to:  "Mr." in English

or:

French equivalent to: "sir" in English (a polite way to address a male)
  • Monsieur and Madame Curie studied radium.
Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Good day, monsieur.
    • Monsieur = Mr. or Sir (in French)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were now sleeping in the sitting room, having shouted down Monsieur and Madame Delacour's protests
    J.K. Rowling  --  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur Blanchard was his name, I can still remember.
    J.D. Salinger  --  The Catcher in the Rye
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • You're most kind, monsieur.
    Robert Ludlum  --  The Bourne Identity
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Where's Monsieur Mustardseed?
    William Shakespeare  --  A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Good day, monsieur.
    Charles Dickens  --  A Tale of Two Cities
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • I will never do Butterfly again, Monsieur Gallimard.
    David Henry Hwang  --  M. Butterfly
    • Monsieur = Mr. or Sir (in French)
  • Like Monsieur Boutin, he wears a pressed white uniform and starched hat.
    Stephanie Perkins  --  Anna and the French Kiss
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur Rigaud, after frowning at him for a moment, laughed.
    Charles Dickens  --  Little Dorrit
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • I see that you agree with Monsieur de Boucicaut.
    Victor Hugo  --  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur le petit bourgeois noir—himself!
    Lorraine Hansberry  --  A Raisin in the Sun
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur Albert appears to me quite innocent of the treason
    Alexandre Dumas  --  The Count of Monte Cristo
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur Ratignolle was the first to break the pleasant charm.
    Kate Chopin  --  The Awakening
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • The great Monsieur Poirot.
    Agatha Christie  --  Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • What do we do now, Monsieur Bourne?
    Robert Ludlum  --  The Bourne Ultimatum
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Monsieur Canivet's a character!
    Gustave Flaubert  --  Madame Bovary
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • It is necessary to go into everything, Monsieur,
    Agatha Christie  --  The ABC Murders
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • I am happy to know you, Monsieur le Vicomte.
    Baroness Orczy  --  The Scarlet Pimpernel
    • Monsieur = Mr. (in French)
  • Were you not, monsieur?
    Ernest Hemingway  --  A Farewell to Arms
Monsieur = sir (in French — a polite way to address a male)

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