Expression: À la vôtre
Pronunciation: [a la vot(reu)]
Meaning: Cheers! To your health!
Literal translation: To yours!
Register: informal
Notes: The French expression à la vôtre is the most common way to toast people. It's a contraction of à votre santé, hence the feminine definite article la in the possessive pronoun la vôtre.
You can use à la vôtre with a group of people in an informal situation. In a more formal situation, whether talking to one person or to a group, it's better to say à votre santé.
The expression used to toast just one person in an informal situation is à la tienne.
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