revue French · revision 16031

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1317, reveue}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.vy/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''revue''' ''f'' (plural revues)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Reveue'' (1317), ''revewe'' (late 15th century), ''revue'' (1559, Amyot).^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[revoir]] used as a noun, after [[vue]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) from [[voir]], [[inh|la|videō|alt=vidēre|t=to see]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The sense “periodical” is from [[en|review]] (1705), itself taken from Old French “reveue” “revision”.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A deed of 1317 has ''reveue'' for the revision of a division of property.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From 1356 (''reveue'', ''revue'' in Amyot, 1559) it was the inspection of the men and equipment of a troop, whence ''faire la revue de'' (Du Bellay, 1560), the military parade (''la revue du 14-Juillet''), ''passer en revue'' “to examine in detail” (Marivaux, 1723; about 1770) and the slang ''être de la revue'' “to go without” (1894).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) It also meant seeing each other again (Marot, about 1530), surviving in ''nous sommes de revue'' (1835), and an examination of conscience (1611).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ The English ''Review'' was cited in French in 1708 and ''revue'' used for an English periodical in 1711; the ''Revue du patriote'' appeared in 1792, and, from 1804 the word named any periodical (''Revue de philosophie'').^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In 1858 (Flaubert) it was also a theatre show passing the year's events in review, later any spectacular show of tableaux and dancers, whence ''revuiste'' (1887).^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(TLFi) English ''revue'' was taken from French in 1872.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1317 – ''Reveue'' “revision”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1356 – An inspection of troops.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1530 – “Meeting again”, in Marot.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1559 – The form ''revue''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1723 – ''Faire passer en revue'' in Marivaux.^(TLFi)

+ * 1711 – A periodical.^(TLFi)

+ * 1804 – ''Revue de philosophie''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1858 – A theatre revue, in Flaubert.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1872 – English ''revue''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1887 – ''Revuiste''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A review, survey: ''passer en revue'': to review, go through, ''revue de presse'': press review.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(military)'' An inspection; a parade, march past: ''la revue du 14-Juillet''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A [[m|en|magazine]], journal: ''une revue scientifique''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(theatre)'' A [[m|en|revue]].^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' ''Nous sommes de revue'': we'll see each other again.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[revuiste]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[revoir]]

+ * [[vue]]

+ * [[voir]]

+ * [[en|review]]

+ * [[en|revue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}