s'il vous plaît
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See also: s'il vous plait
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
- (higher register) please, if you please
- Synonym: alstublieft
French
Alternative forms
- s’il vous plait (post-1990 spelling)
- s’il te plaît (T–V distinction)
- svp (initialism)
Etymology
Literally, “if it pleases you”. From Middle French s'il vous plaist. Compare Catalan si us plau.
Pronunciation
Phrase
- please, if you please
- Pourriez-vous me donner du pain, s’il vous plaît ?
- Could you pass me some bread, please?
- (Belgium) here you go, here you are
Descendants
- → Dutch: alstublieft (calque)
- → Dutch: s'il vous plaît
References
- “s'il te/vous plaît”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French s’il vous plaît (“please, if you please”, literally “if it pleases you”).
Phrase
- please, if you please
- Synonym: harap dengan hormat
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “s'il vous plaît” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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