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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Europe): /vy/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Canada): /vʏ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vue''' ''f'' (plural vues)^(Wiktionary)

+ [[fro|veüe]], ''veuthe'', ''vue'' from about 1207; the Académie wrote ''veuë'' (1694), ''vûe'' (1740), ''vue'' from 1762.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[voir]] used as a noun,^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|14, 425b) the verb being [[inh|la|videō|t=to see]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Compare [[it|veduta]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) has ''L'oïe pert e la veüe tute'', he loses his hearing and all his sight.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Wace (1155) uses it for the range and keenness of sight, and the 13th century for the eyes themselves.^(TLFi) By 1225–1250 it was the act of looking (''à la vue des hommes'', 1585), and, from the 12th century what is seen; in 1461 the sight a thing offers, whence ''en vue'' (1552) and, from 1634, a picture of a place (''vue d'oiseau'', 1678).^(TLFi) A ''vue'' is also an opening giving light or a view (1438) and the slit of a helmet's visor (1451).^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ In the 17th century it took mental senses: an image in the mind (Montaigne, 1580), a purpose, as in ''en vue de'' (Retz, 1665, Mme de Sévigné, 1672), and ''avoir des vues sur'' (1679).^(TLFi) Phrases include ''à vue d'œil'' (Commynes), ''connaître de vue'' (1531), ''payable à vue'' (1676), ''garder à vue'' (1679), ''seconde vue'' (1812) and ''en mettre plein la vue'' (1916).^(Littré 1873)^(BHVF)^(TLFi) In the 20th century it is also a view on the Internet.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – ''Veüe'' “sight” in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1155 – Range of sight, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 1438 – An opening in a building.^(TLFi)

+ * 1461 – A view, prospect.^(TLFi)

+ * 1531 – ''Connaître de vue''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1634 – A picture of a place.^(TLFi)

+ * 1665 – ''En vue de''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1679 – ''Garder à vue''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1812 – ''Seconde vue''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sight|alt=Sight]], eyesight: ''perdre la vue'', ''avoir une bonne vue''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Looking, the act of seeing: ''à la vue de'', ''à première vue'', ''connaître qqn de vue''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|view]], prospect: ''une chambre avec vue sur la mer''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # A picture or photograph of a place: ''vue de Paris'', ''prise de vue'': shot, filming.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An idea, opinion: ''point de vue'', ''vue de l'esprit'', ''(plural)'' plans: ''avoir des vues sur''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''En vue de'': with a view to, ''en vue'': prominent.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' ''Garde à vue'': police custody.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(Internet)'' A view (of a video).^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bévue]]

+ * [[entrevue]]

+ * [[revue]]

+ * [[longue-vue]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voir]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[la|videō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}