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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1370–1377, Oresme|origins=la incidō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /kɔ.ɛ̃.si.de/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''coïncider'''^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|la-med|coincidō|alt=coincidere|t=to fall together at one point]] (13th century),^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|4, 623b) a scholastic Latin compound of [[m|la|com-]] and [[m|la|incidō|t=to fall into, happen]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Oresme's ''Livre du ciel et du monde'' (1370–1377) has ''Ceste rayson coïncide ou est pres de la premiere'' “this reasoning coincides with or is close to the first”, of ideas that correspond.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The word stayed a learned term for abstract things that agree.^(DHLF 1992) The ''Encyclopédie'' (1753) gave it its geometrical sense, of lines or surfaces that fit together exactly when superposed.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The temporal sense, “to happen at the same time”, is in Condorcet (1794): ''L'invention de l'imprimerie coïncide presque avec deux autres événements''.^(TLFi) ''Coïncidence'' (1464) and ''coïncident'' (1534) developed in step with the verb.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 13th century – Scholastic Latin ''coincidere''.^(TLFi)
+ * 1370–1377 – ''Coïncide'' in Oresme.^(TLFi)
+ * 1464 – ''Coïcidance''.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1753 – The geometrical sense, in the ''Encyclopédie''.^(TLFi)
+ * 1794 – “To happen at the same time”, in Condorcet.^(TLFi)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|coincide]], happen at the same time: ''sa venue coïncide avec l'événement''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)
+ # To correspond exactly, agree: ''les deux témoignages coïncident''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)
+ # ''(geometry)'' To coincide, fit together exactly when superposed.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[coïncidence]]
+ * [[coïncident]]
+ * [[coïncidence]]
+ * [[coïncident]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[incident]]
+ * [[en|coincide]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}