/fɛt vu/
Translation
do you (formal/plural); are you doing
Word origin
An inversion of vous faites ('you do, you make'). Faites is a form of faire, from Latin facere ('to do, to make'); vous is from Latin vos ('you', plural).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- facere + vos
- English cognates
- fact, factory
Examples
- week-end ?
What are you doing this weekend?
- ?
How do you manage to stay so calm?
- l' ?
Do you belong to the association?
- ?
What do you do for a living?
- ?
How do you manage to stay so calm in meetings?
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