sensation French · revision 15962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1370, Oresme|origins=la sentiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sensation''' ''f'' (plural sensations)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|sēnsātiō|t=understanding]] (Irenaeus),^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|11, 460b) formed on “sensum”, the supine of [[la|sentiō|t=to feel, perceive]] (see [[sentir]] and [[sens]]).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Bloch and Wartburg note that it was borrowed for a special meaning.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The spelling “sensation” replaced Oresme's “sensacion” (Pomey, 1671).^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Oresme's translation of Aristotle's ''Ethics'' (1370) has ''sensacion'' for the impression made by objects on the senses: ''la sensacion ou operacion est ou resgart de la chose sensible''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word seems to have been rare before Malebranche and Bossuet in the second half of the 17th century, when ''sensation'' and ''sentiment'' were almost synonyms.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) The Académie (1718) has ''sensation agréable, douloureuse''.^(TLFi) From 1754 it was a strong impression made on many people, in ''faire une sensation'' (1759–1762) and ''faire sensation'' (1761–1775), whence ''à sensation'' (Lautréamont, 1869) and the press ''à sensation''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ In everyday speech it is a psychological state with a strong physical component, distinct from ''sentiment'' by its immediacy (1784), while psychophysiology gave it a narrower sense in relation to perception (1842).^(DHLF 1992) ''Sensationnel'' (1837, “sensational”, 1875) was formed after English ''sensational'', and ''sensass'' dates from 1889.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1370 – ''Sensacion'' in Oresme.^(TLFi)

+ * 1671 – The spelling ''sensation''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1718 – ''Sensation agréable, douloureuse'' in the Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1754 – “A strong impression on others”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1761 – ''Faire sensation''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1869 – ''Écrivain à sensation'' in Lautréamont.^(TLFi)

+ * 1875 – ''Sensationnel'' “sensational”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|sensation]], perception through the senses: ''sensation de froid'', ''sensations auditives''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A feeling, impression: ''une sensation de bien-être'', ''avoir la sensation que''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Faire sensation'': to cause a stir, ''à sensation'': sensational: ''la presse à sensation''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(plural)'' Thrills: ''aimer les sensations fortes''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sensationnel]]

+ * [[sensationnel]]

+ * [[sensationnalisme]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sentir]]

+ * [[sens]]

+ * [[sentiment]]

+ * [[la|sentiō]]

+ * [[en|sensation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}