réunir French · revision 15953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1400, reaunir}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁe.y.niʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''réunir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Raunir'' (1365), ''reaunir'' (about 1400); ''réunir'' from about 1460 (Georges Chastellain); the Académie wrote ''reunir'' in 1694.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[unir|t=to unite]] with the prefix [[ré-]],^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|14, 47b) the verb being borrowed from [[la|ūniō|t=to unite]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The Middle French spelling “raunir” was influenced by learned borrowings from [[la|adūnō|t=to gather]], such as “auner” and “adunir”.^(TLFi) Compare [[it|riunire]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It appears as ''raunir'' in 1365 and ''reaunir'' about 1400; an ordinance of 1475 has ''réunir'' for joining separate parts or annexing a territory, and Georges Chastellain (about 1460–1475) uses it for “to reconcile”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In feudal law ''réunir'' was to join a fief again to the crown, and La Noue (1587) speaks of reuniting the wills of men.^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989) From the 17th century it came to mean “to put together to form a whole” (1663, Boileau, 1671), and, from 1740 “to combine” (''réunir toutes les qualités'').^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) In the 19th century it was used of bringing people together and calling a meeting (''réunir le conseil''), and the reflexive ''se réunir'' “to meet” is now its most common use.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary) The noun ''réunion'' dates from 1468.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1365 – ''Raunir''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1400 – ''Reaunir''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * c. 1460 – ''Réunir'' in Georges Chastellain.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1468 – ''Réunion''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1475 – “To annex”, in an ordinance.^(TLFi)

+ * 1587 – Of people, in La Noue.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1663 – “To put together into a whole”.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bring together, [[m|en|gather]]: ''réunir des amis'', ''réunir des documents''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To join, connect: ''réunir les deux bords d'une plaie'', ''un pont qui réunit les deux rives''.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

+ # To combine, unite: ''réunir toutes les conditions''; to annex (a province).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To convene (an assembly): ''réunir le conseil''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' To [[m|en|meet]], come together: ''le comité se réunit le lundi''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[réunion]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[unir]]

+ * [[union]]

+ * [[la|ūniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}