gingembre French · revision 15664

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 11th century, Rashi (jenjevre)|origins=grc ζιγγίβερις}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʒɛ̃.ʒɑ̃bʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gingembre''' ''m'' (plural gingembres)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Jenjevre'' (Judeo-French, late 11th century), ''gingibre'' (1174–1176), ''gingimbre'' (late 13th century); ''gingembre'' from about 1330.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|gingibre]], [[inh|la-lat|gingiber]],^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|14, 663b) from classical [[m|la|zingiberi]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) [[bor|grc|ζιγγίβερις|tr=zingíberis|t=ginger]], a word of eastern origin:^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Rey says Tamil, the Grand Robert and the Petit Robert an Indian word.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) Its irregular sound development is that of a word carried by the spice trade, like [[girofle]].^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Littré compared a Sanskrit name of ginger meaning “horn-bodied”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[it|zenzero]] and [[es|jengibre]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Rashi's glosses (late 11th century) have the Judeo-French form ''jenjevre''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides the tropical plant and its rhizome, ''gingembre'' names the peppery spice and ginger preserved in sugar.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) English compounds were borrowed in the 19th and 20th centuries: ''ginger-beer'' (1833) and ''ginger-ale'' (1950).^(DHLF 1992) In Africa ''gingembre'' is also a drink made from the rhizome.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 11th century – ''Jenjevre'' (Rashi).^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1174–1176 – ''Gingibre''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1330 – ''Gingembre''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1833 – ''Ginger-beer''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|ginger|alt=Ginger]], the plant and its rhizome.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The spice made from it: ''biscuits au gingembre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(Africa)'' A ginger drink.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|ginger]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}