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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1150, Charroi de Nîmes|origins=la portō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ʁa.pɔʁ.te/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''rapporter'''^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|fr|re-|apporter]],^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|25, 46b) from [[apporter]], [[inh|la|apportō|t=to bring]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary instead derives the Old French verb from [[la|reportō|t=to carry back]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ Cognate with [[it|rapportare]].^(Littré 1873)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The ''Charroi de Nîmes'' (about 1150) has it in the sense “to bring something back to where it was”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ About 1165 Benoît de Sainte-Maure uses it for “to relate what one has seen or heard”,^(TLFi) and in the early 14th century it meant “to repeat (words) maliciously”, to tell tales.^(TLFi) The law gave “to return (gifts) to the estate to be shared” (1283) and “to repeal (a measure)” (1258, then 1789 of decrees).^(TLFi) The sense “to yield a profit” is recorded by Estienne in 1531–1538,^(BHVF)^(TLFi) and a dog ''rapporte'' when it retrieves game (1690).^(TLFi) ''S'en rapporter à qqn'' “to rely on someone's judgment” dates from about 1350, and “to relate one thing to another” (''se rapporter à'') from 1538.^(TLFi)
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+ English took ''rapport'' from the noun of this verb.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1150 – “To bring back” in the ''Charroi de Nîmes''.^(TLFi)
+ * c. 1165 – “To report, relate” in Benoît de Sainte-Maure.^(TLFi)
+ * 1283 – A term of inheritance law in Beaumanoir.^(TLFi)
+ * c. 1350 – ''S'en rapporter à''.^(TLFi)
+ * 1538 – “To yield a profit” and “to relate to”.^(TLFi)
+ * 1549 – “To report officially” on an inquiry.^(TLFi)
+ * 1690 – Of a dog retrieving game.^(TLFi)
+ * 1789 – ''Rapporter un décret'' “to repeal a decree”.^(TLFi)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To bring back; to return (something) to its place or owner.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)
+ # To bring back from a journey: ''rapporter des souvenirs''.^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # To add or fix on (a piece): ''pièce rapportée''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # To yield, bring in (a profit): ''un placement qui rapporte''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)
+ # Of a dog, to [[m|en|retrieve]] (game).^(TLFi)
+ # To [[m|en|report]] or relate (what one has seen or heard); ''(familiar)'' to tell tales.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)
+ # To [[m|en|repeal]] (a decree or measure).^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # To relate (one thing to another); ''se rapporter à'': to relate to.^(TLFi) ''S'en rapporter à'': to rely on.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[rapport]]
+ * [[rapportage]]
+ * [[rapporteur]]
+ * [[susrapporté]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[apporter]]
+ * [[porter]]
+ * [[en|report]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}