recrue French · revision 16064

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1501, recreue}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.kʁy/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recrue''' ''f'' (plural recrues)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Recreue'' (1501–16th century; d'Aubigné); ''recrue'' from the 17th century.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[recroître|t=to grow again]] used as a noun,^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)^(FEW|2, 1304b) literally “what has grown again, what is added to an army”;^(Grand Robert 2005) the verb is from [[la|recrēscō|t=to grow again, increase]] (see [[croître]]).^(REW 1935)^(Wiktionary) Littré calls it the feminine of “recrû”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ [[es|recluta]], [[pt|recluta]] and [[it|recluta]] come from French “recruter”.^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Livre de conduite'' of the ''Mystère de la Passion'' (1501) has ''recreue'' in the sense “supplement”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1550 a ''recreue'' was the body of soldiers sent to complete a unit, a sense still current in the classical period (''faire sa recrue'', Furetière, 1690; d'Aubigné's ''nouvelles recreues'').^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) Bossuet used it figuratively for an increase (''cette recrue continuelle du genre humain, je veux dire les enfants qui naissent'').^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ About 1720 it came to mean a new person joining a group, and in 1800–1808 a newly enlisted soldier.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) From it came ''recruter'' (1691), criticised by Racine, ''recruteur'' (1771) and ''recrutement'' (1790).^(DHLF 1992) In Switzerland the ''école de recrues'' is the first part of military service.^(Larousse)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1501 – ''Recreue'' “supplement”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1550 – Reinforcements for a unit.^(TLFi)

+ * 1691 – ''Recruter''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1720 – A new member of a group.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1771 – ''Recruteur''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1790 – ''Recrutement''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1800 – A newly enlisted soldier.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|recruit]] (soldier): ''les jeunes recrues''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A new member, recruit: ''une nouvelle recrue du parti''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(sport)'' A rookie.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(history)'' A levy of soldiers to complete a unit.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recruter]]

+ * [[recruter]]

+ * [[recrutement]]

+ * [[recruteur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[recroître]]

+ * [[croître]]

+ * [[recru]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}