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# monsieur

«monsieur» in Mova's school dictionary: **the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (French: monsieur; plural messieurs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) Monsieur is the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's name or to speak to a man politely: «Bonjour, monsieur!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#m1)

2) In English, «monsieur» is sometimes used in jokes or stories to make a man sound French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#m2)

3) Monsieur can also be a funny title put before an animal's name in a story, such as a cat, to make it sound grand and French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons, pupils learn polite greetings: «Bonjour, monsieur», «Merci, madame», «Au revoir, mademoiselle»; in France it is polite to add monsieur or madame when greeting a shop keeper. It is written M. before a name: M. Dupont. It sounds like "muh-SYUR" to an English ear. It is a French word, not an English one. Phrases: «Bonjour, monsieur», «Monsieur Dupont», «Mesdames et messieurs» (ladies and gentlemen).

### examples

- (French) Bonjour, monsieur ! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x1)
- (French) Merci beaucoup, monsieur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x2)
- (French) Monsieur Martin is our French teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x3)
- (French) Mesdames et messieurs, the show is about to begin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x4)
- The waiter said, "Your soup, monsieur." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x5)
- (French) Excusez-moi, monsieur, où est la gare ? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x6)
- A rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/#x7)

### note

Plural: «messieurs» ("may-SYUR"). Short form: «M.» (not «Mr.»). Women: «madame» (Mrs, Ms), «mademoiselle» (Miss, now old-fashioned). The «on» sounds like "uh", not "on". It is not an English word.

### In the corpora

- [Bonjour, madame and Bonjour, monsieur ("muh-SYUH") are the normal polite greetings, used by children too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monsieur» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monsieur/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.