chaperon French · revision 16084

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1131, Couronnement de Louis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʃa.pʁɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''chaperon''' ''m'' (plural chaperons)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[chape|t=cape, hood]] with the suffix “-(er)on”,^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) from [[la-lat|cappa|t=hooded cloak]].^(REW 1935)^(Littré 1873) Compare [[pro|capairon]] and [[it|capperone|t=rain hood]].^(REW 1935)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Couronnement de Louis'' (about 1131) has ''Parlez à moi, sire au chaperon large'', of a hood with a padded roll and a hanging tail, worn by men and women in the Middle Ages.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It also named a band of cloth worn on the head by women who were not noble, the hood of a hawk in falconry (1354–1377) and the padded shoulder piece of a magistrate's or professor's gown.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) In the second half of the 14th century (Froissart, ''caperon'') it was the coping of a wall, which throws off the rain.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Furetière (1690) used it for an older person who accompanies a young girl for propriety's sake, alluding to the decency the headdress implied, and Perrault's tale ''Le Petit Chaperon rouge'' (1697) kept the old sense alive.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Chaperonner'' “to chaperone” dates from 1835, and modern biochemistry speaks of ''protéines chaperons''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1131 – A hood, in the ''Couronnement de Louis''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1354–1377 – A falcon's hood.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 14th century – ''Caperon'' “coping”, in Froissart.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – A chaperone, in Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1697 – ''Le Petit Chaperon rouge''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1835 – ''Chaperonner'' “to chaperone”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|chaperone]]: ''servir de chaperon à une jeune fille''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(historical)'' A hood with a padded roll and tail, ''le Petit Chaperon rouge'': Little Red Riding Hood.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # A hood (for a hawk in falconry).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(building)'' The coping of a wall.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A shoulder piece on a magistrate's or professor's gown.^(GLLF 1989)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chaperonner]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[chape]]

+ * [[chapeau]]

+ * [[cape]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}