Convention que deux (des amoureux, des amants) ou plusieurs personnes font de se trouver ensemble en certain temps, ŕ certaine heure, en un lieu désigné. J'ai rendez-vous chez le dentiste.
ETYM Cf. French appointement.
1. A scheduled meeting.
2. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position; SYN. assignment, designation, naming.
3. The job to which one is (or hope to be) appointed.
4. (Usually plural) Furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel); SYN. fitting.
5. (Law) The act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment.
ETYM Latin assignatio, from assignare: cf. French assignation.
A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers); SYN. tryst.
Appointment to meet; rendezvous; Law, formal transference; nomination of assignee; interest transferred; paper money.
1. A formally arranged gathering
2. A small informal social gathering; SYN. get together.
3. The social act of assembling for some common purpose; SYN. coming together.
4. A casual or unexpected convergence; SYN. encounter.
ETYM Rare in the plural.
1. A meeting planned at a certain time and place.
2. A place where people meet.
3. Meeting or meeting-place; assignation.