rallier French · revision 15905

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la ligō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁa.lje/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rallier'''^(Wiktionary)

+ [[fro|ralier]], ''raloier'', ''rallier'' from about 1210.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[allier|t=to unite]] with the prefix [[re-]],^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|5, 326b) after the sense of “allier” “to unite (by a treaty)”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) “Allier” is [[inh|la|alligō|t=to bind to]], from [[m|la|ligō|t=to bind]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ [[en|rally]] is from the Old French and Anglo-Norman “ralier”.^(AND)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) Roland ''sone son gresle pur les siens ralier'', sounds his horn to gather his men again.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb kept the military sense of regathering scattered troops (Villehardouin's ''li fuiant se ralierent'') and in hunting that of calling back hounds, whence the cry ''rallie !'' (1794) and the hunting society ''rallie'' (1866).^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) At the end of the 14th century Eustache Deschamps uses it for winning over to a cause; it later meant “to reconcile” (1549) and “to bring into agreement” (1829), and ''se rallier à'' “to come round to”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ In sailing it means to rejoin (a ship, a fleet, Thomas Corneille, 1694) and to bring a ship closer to the wind (''rallier le vent'', 1835), and ''rallier son poste'' passed into general use.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The derivative ''ralliement'' gave ''mot de ralliement'' (1721) and ''point de ralliement''.^(DHLF 1992) The pseudo-anglicism ''rallye'' goes back to ''rallie-papier'', built on the hunting ''rallie''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – ''Ralier'' in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1210 – The spelling ''rallier''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Late 14th century – “To win over”, in Eustache Deschamps.^(TLFi)

+ * 1573 – “To gather (things)”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1694 – “To rejoin”, in Thomas Corneille.^(TLFi)

+ * 1721 – ''Mot de ralliement''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1794 – The hunting cry ''rallie !''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|rally]], regroup (scattered troops, ships): ''rallier ses soldats''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # To unite for a cause; to win over: ''rallier les mécontents'', ''rallier tous les suffrages''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To rejoin (a group, a post): ''rallier son unité''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''(hunting)'' To call back (hounds).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''(nautical)'' To rejoin (a ship); ''rallier le vent'': to sail closer to the wind.^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' ''Se rallier à'': to come round to, join: ''se rallier à un avis''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ralliement]]

+ * [[rallié]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[allier]]

+ * [[lier]]

+ * [[rallye]]

+ * [[en|rally]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}