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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1119, Philippe de Thaon (kalendier)|origins=la kalendae}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ka.lɑ̃.dʁi.je/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''calendrier''' ''m'' (plural calendriers)^(Wiktionary)
+ ''Kalendier'' (1119), ''chalandrier'' (1339), ''kalendrier'' (1372).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|fro|kalendier]], [[inh|la|calendārium|t=account book]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|2, 82a) reshaped with an ⟨r⟩ inserted for no apparent phonetic reason.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In classical Latin [[m|la|calendārium]] was a register of debts (Seneca), from [[la|kalendae|t=the first day of the month]], because interest was paid on that day;^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(GLLF 1989) the modern sense appears in Late and Church Latin (10th century).^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) See [[calendes]].^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ [[calendaire]] is a learned doublet.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Philippe de Thaon's ''Comput'' (1119) has ''kalendier'' for the calendar.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The word names a system of dividing time into years, months and days, ''calendrier julien'', ''grégorien'', the Republican calendar of 1793,^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) and by metonymy the printed table of days.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) A shepherd's wooden calendar is mentioned in 1372.^(TLFi) By extension it is a programme or schedule, and in sport the official list of fixtures (1872).^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1119 – ''Kalendier''.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)
+ * 1339 – ''Chalandrier''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1372 – ''Kalendrier''.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)
+ * 1793 – The Republican calendar.^(GLLF 1989)
+ * 1872 – A sporting fixture list.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|calendar]], a system of reckoning time.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A printed calendar showing the days of the year.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A [[m|en|schedule]] or timetable: ''calendrier des examens''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[calendaire]]
+ * [[calendes]]
+ * [[en|calendar]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}