French pronoun meaning 'you' in the singular informal form, used when addressing someone familiar. Also appears in English contexts borrowing from French.
From Old French 'toi,' from Latin 'te' (accusative of 'tu' meaning 'you'). This is the stressed or disjunctive form of the French second person singular pronoun, used after prepositions or for emphasis.
The choice between 'tu' and 'vous' in French (both meaning 'you') is a delicate social dance - using 'toi' inappropriately can be seen as either charmingly intimate or rudely familiar. Even the French sometimes struggle with when to make the switch from formal to informal address!
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