# rendezvous

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒndɪˌvuː/ · frequency rank #19,189

## Definitions
1. A meeting or date.
2. An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
3. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
4. The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
5. A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
6. A retreat or refuge.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French rendez-vous (“appointment”), noun derived from second person plural imperative of se rendre (“to go to”), literally, “[you (imperative)] go to, get yourself to [a place]”.

## Common misspellings (15)
`erndezvous`, `rednezvous`, `renddezvous`, `rendevzous`, `rendezovus`, `rendezvosu`, `rendezvouss`, `rendezvuos`, `rendezvvous`, `rendezzvous`, `rendzevous`, `renedzvous`, `renndezvous`, `rnedezvous`, `rrendezvous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rendezvous