armistice French · revision 15712

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1680, Richelet and the Académie}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /aʁ.mis.tis/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''armistice''' ''m'' (plural armistices)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|armistitium|t=a halt of arms]] (1335), a diplomatic Latin word,^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|25, 242a) formed from [[la|arma|t=weapons]] and an element related to [[m|la|statiō|t=standing still]] or [[m|la|sistō|t=to stop]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(Larousse) on the model of words such as [[m|la|sōlstitium|t=solstice]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|iūstitium|t=suspension of the courts]]^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(GLLF 1989) or [[m|la|interstitium|t=interval]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) The same Latin word gave [[it|armistizio]] and [[es|armisticio]]; [[de|Waffenstillstand]] is a translation of it.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Richelet and the Académie record it in 1680 for a suspension of hostilities;^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) it was proposed to replace ''suspension d'armes'' or ''trêve'', and at first criticized.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Rare in the classical language, the word became feminine in the 18th century, perhaps by confusion with [[amnistie]], before returning to the masculine at the end of the century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) It spread in the 19th century, and above all with the armistice of 11 November 1918; since then ''l'Armistice'' in France first of all means the end of the First World War and its anniversary.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) The distinction in international law between an armistice and peace made it an institutional word; figuratively it is a truce in any quarrel.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1335 – Medieval Latin ''armistitium''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1680 – First recorded (Richelet, Académie), masculine.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1762 – Feminine in the Académie.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * late 18th century – Masculine again.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 11 November 1918 – The armistice ending the First World War.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|armistice]], an agreement between warring sides to suspend [[m|en|hostilities]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''L'Armistice'': the anniversary of the armistice of 1918, on 11 November.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A [[m|en|truce]] in a quarrel.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arme]]

+ * [[trêve]]

+ * [[en|armistice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}