ignorer French · revision 15839

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1330, Girart de Roussillon|origins=la gnārus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /i.ɲɔ.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ignorer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|īgnōrō|t=not to know]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|4, 543a) from [[m|la|īgnārus|t=not knowing]], formed from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|gnārus|t=knowing]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) the source of [[ignare]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|ignorar]], [[es|ignorar]] and [[it|ignorare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The 14th-century ''Girart de Roussillon'' (about 1330) has ''tout senz rien ignorer'' “all, without missing anything”, in the Latin sense “not to know”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At the end of the 14th century it also meant “to be negligent” (Froissart).^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) In 1564 it was used for not knowing someone's existence or worth, and the critics ''ignorèrent'' an artist whose work they did not know (Piron).^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) Fénelon (1714) has it for “to pretend not to know (someone)”, and Furetière (1690) for “not to take into account”;^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) the modern ''il m'ignore'' “he cuts me dead” belongs here.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ''S'ignorer'' “not to know oneself” is in Pascal, and ''un artiste qui s'ignore'' is one unaware of his own nature.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) The old construction ''en ignorer'' (1579) survives in the legal formula ''pour que nul n'en ignore''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi'' “ignorance of the law is no excuse” is a common maxim.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1120 – The noun ''ignorance''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * c. 1330 – ''Ignorer'' in ''Girart de Roussillon''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1564 – Not to know someone's worth.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1579 – ''Je n'en ignore'' in Larivey.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – “To disregard”, in Furetière.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1714 – “To pretend not to know (someone)” in Fénelon.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # Not to know, to be unaware of: ''j'ignore tout de cette affaire'', ''nul n'est censé ignorer la loi''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|ignore]] (someone), treat as not worth notice; to disregard (something).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To have no experience of: ''ignorer la peur''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(law)'' ''Pour que nul n'en ignore'': so that no one may be unaware of it.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' Not to know oneself: ''un poète qui s'ignore''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ignorance]]

+ * [[ignorant]]

+ * [[ignorantin]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ignare]]

+ * [[la|īgnōrō]]

+ * [[en|ignore]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}