magnétique French · revision 16058

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1617, Paul de La Noue|origins=la-lat magnēticus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ma.ɲe.tik/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''magnétique''' (plural magnétiques)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is borrowed from [[la-lat|magnēticus|t=of the magnet]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|6/1, 46a) from [[la|magnēs|t=magnet]] (“magnes lapis”), an adaptation of [[grc|μάγνης|tr=mágnēs]] (“magnês lithos”), the stone of Magnesia (see [[magnésie]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) Littré notes that Latin “magnetem” had given the Old French name of the lodestone, “manete”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Paul de La Noue (1617) has ''boiste magnetique'' for the compass.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its history goes with that of ''magnétisme'' (1666, English ''magnetism'' 1616), at first a hidden influence in the world, then the attractive power of the magnet (1720).^(DHLF 1992) Molière has ''force magnétique'' (1670), the ''Encyclopédie'' ''pôle magnétique'' and ''méridien magnétique'' (1751), and ''magnétiquement'' is found from 1634.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ At the end of the 18th century the word took a new sense from Mesmer's theory of animal magnetism (''magnétisme animal'', 1775): ''fluide magnétique'' (1784) was the fluid that linked the magnetiser and the person magnetised, and in 1813 Puységur used the adjective for anything connected with animal magnetism.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) From this came ''magnétiser'' (1781) and ''magnétiseur'' (1784), and the figurative sense “exerting a strong, mysterious attraction” (Mérimée, 1829, ''un regard magnétique'').^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Larousse) The 20th century added the technical ''bande magnétique'' and ''carte magnétique''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1617 – ''Boiste magnetique''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1634 – ''Magnétiquement''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1666 – ''Magnétisme''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1670 – ''Force magnétique'' in Molière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1751 – ''Pôle magnétique''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1784 – ''Fluide magnétique'', ''magnétiseur''.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1813 – Of animal magnetism, in Puységur.^(TLFi)

+ * 1829 – “Fascinating”, in Mérimée.^(TLFi)

+ * 1891 – ''Magnéto''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|magnetic|alt=Magnetic]]: ''champ magnétique'', ''pôle magnétique'', ''orage magnétique''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(technology)'' Magnetised, using magnetism: ''bande magnétique'', ''carte magnétique''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # Having a strong, mysterious attraction: ''un regard magnétique''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(history)'' Of animal magnetism: ''sommeil magnétique''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[magnétiquement]]

+ * [[magnétisation]]

+ * [[magnétiser]]

+ * [[magnétisme]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aimant]]

+ * [[aimantation]]

+ * [[magnésie]]

+ * [[la|magnēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}