tutoyer
/tuːtwɑːˈjeɪ/
verb
- To address someone using the informal 'tu' form in French (or similar informal second-person pronouns in other languages), as opposed to the formal 'vous'.
- In French class, the teacher encouraged us to tutoyer our classmates.
- After working together for months, they finally decided to tutoyer each other.
- It is considered polite to wait for an elder to suggest you tutoyer them.