All 48 Uses of
Monsieur
in
The American
- "Monsieur wishes to buy it?" asked the young lady in French.†
Chpt 1 *
- It pleases monsieur, my little picture?†
Chpt 1
- Oh, it shall be delicate, monsieur; delicate as Sevres biscuit.†
Chpt 1
- "Oh, I am very sure that monsieur is not capricious," she said with a roguish smile.†
Chpt 1
- And at this monsieur began to laugh.†
Chpt 1
- Monsieur is constant; I understand perfectly.†
Chpt 1
- I will take the card of monsieur.†
Chpt 1
- Monsieur is American?†
Chpt 1
- "Don't you see it?" monsieur inquired.†
Chpt 1
- "The honor is not less for me," the young lady answered, "for I am sure monsieur has a great deal of taste."†
Chpt 1
- "Monsieur has bought my picture," said Mademoiselle Noemie.†
Chpt 1
- "Not to a man of esprit, like monsieur, an admirer of beauty in every form!" and M. Nioche cast a significant glance at his daughter's Madonna.†
Chpt 1
- Monsieur expresses that very happily.†
Chpt 1
- Ah, there are so many things monsieur must want to say: difficult things!†
Chpt 1
- "Dame, monsieur!" he answered.†
Chpt 1
- That is Monsieur le Comte.†
Chpt 3
- That is Monsieur le Marquis.†
Chpt 3
- Place it on a chair, my friend, in a good light, so that monsieur may admire it.†
Chpt 4
- I took the liberty of drawing it up, in case monsieur should happen to desire to discharge his debt.†
Chpt 4
- Monsieur is very good.†
Chpt 4
- Monsieur admires her appearance?†
Chpt 4
- Then looking up at Newman with a gaze that seemed to brighten and expand, "Monsieur knows what Paris is.†
Chpt 4
- "Ah, monsieur, one doesn't get a husband for nothing.†
Chpt 4
- Those are very noble ideas, monsieur; but what will you have?†
Chpt 4
- Monsieur is not speaking inconsiderately?†
Chpt 4
- "Monsieur offers me my coffee, also?" cried M. Nioche.†
Chpt 4
- Upon this M. Nioche's accent became more finely trenchant than ever, he offered to read extracts from Lamartine, and he protested that, although he did endeavor according to his feeble lights to cultivate refinement of diction, monsieur, if he wanted the real thing, should go to the Theatre Francais.†
Chpt 4
- She was my purgatory, monsieur!†
Chpt 4
- "She can't obey, monsieur, since I don't command.†
Chpt 4
- She stared at Newman, gave a little nod and a "Monsieur!" and then quickly approached Madame de Cintre and presented her forehead to be kissed.†
Chpt 6
- "Present monsieur," said his sister-in-law.†
Chpt 6
- "I can't courtesy to you, monsieur, or I shall spill my tea," said the lady.†
Chpt 6
- For that I am a real democrat—like you, monsieur.†
Chpt 6
- Here comes Monsieur mon frere.†
Chpt 10
- Mademoiselle Nioche fixed her eyes an instant on Bellegarde, and then with a little smile, "I don't understand monsieur," she said, "when he says so much at once.†
Chpt 11
- "Monsieur will lose nothing by it," said the young girl, looking at Valentin.†
Chpt 11
- "Monsieur is by no means the first American that I have seen," he said.†
Chpt 12
- If I were, I would tell you with a brazen simper, old as I am, that if you please, monsieur, my information is worth something.†
Chpt 13
- Then turning to the servant who had admitted him, she said, with the combined majesty of her native superiority and of a rugged English accent, "You may retire; I will have the honor of conducting monsieur."†
Chpt 14
- "Arrivez donc, messieurs!" cried young Madame de Bellegarde.†
Chpt 14
- She looked at Newman sharply, to see how he was looking at her, then—I don't know what she discovered—she said graciously, "How d' ye do, monsieur? won't you come into our little corner?"†
Chpt 15
- "Ask monsieur to sit down," said Mademoiselle Nioche.†
Chpt 15
- "Charmed, dear friend; charmed, monsieur," said the duchess in a voice which, though small and shrill, was not disagreeable, while Newman executed his obeisance.†
Chpt 16
- I came on purpose to see monsieur.†
Chpt 16
- Isn't it half a million, messieurs?†
Chpt 16
- What, Bellegarde, are you already taking monsieur away?†
Chpt 16
- Well, I have seen monsieur; that is what I wanted.†
Chpt 16
- "Ah, monsieur," she said, "you don't include me in your wrath?†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(Monsieur) French equivalent to the English Mr.
or:
French equivalent to saying sir in English (a polite way to address a male)