monsieur

1. 1.

   used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'

   Broaderman

Other forms of monsieur

plural

messieurs

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about monsieur

What does monsieur mean?

monsieur means "used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'".

How many syllables are in monsieur?

monsieur has 2 syllables: mon-sieur. The stress falls on "sieur". In IPA it is /məsˈjɝ/.

Is monsieur a common word?

monsieur is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.