<Dd> a type of author intrusion in which a writer inserts a character to argue the author's viewpoint; alter ego, sometimes called' author avatar' . In French, a raisonneur is a character in a play who stands for morality and reason, i.e., not necessarily the author's point of view . The first meaning of this word though is a man (fem . raisonneuse) who overdoes reasonings, who tires by objecting with numerous arguments to every order . </Dd> <Dd> lit . searched; obscure; pretentious . In French, means' sophisticated' or' delicate', or simply' studied', without the negative connotations of the English . </Dd> <Dd> lit . "present yourself" or "proceed to"; a meeting, appointment, or date in French . In English, it generally endorses a mysterious overtone and refers to a one - on - one meeting with someone for another purpose than a date . Always hyphenated in French: rendez - vous . Its only accepted abbreviation in French is RDV . </Dd> <Dd> repetition of previous music in a suite, programme, etc . In French, it may mean an alternate version of a piece of music, or a cover version, or the rebroadcast of a show, piece or movie that was originally broadcast a while ago (although the term rediffusion is generally preferred, especially when talking about something on television). To express the repetition of a previous musical theme, French would exclusively use the Italian term coda . </Dd>

From two french words that mean present yourself