English Explanatory Dictionary

T-V distinction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The distinction between a formal and an informal second-person pronoun in some languages.

Word forms

T-V distinction T-V distinctions

Etymology

From Latin tū (“thou, singular you”) and vōs (“ye, plural you”).

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