garage French · revision 16109

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=1802, Mémorial forestier|origins=non *varask}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɡa.ʁaʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''garage''' ''m'' (plural garages)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|garer|-age]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''Garer'' was first a seafaring word, recorded inland only from the 15th century (1415, [[m|frm|guerrer|t=to moor a ship]]), apart from an isolated [[m|fro|varer|t=to defend oneself]] of about 1180 in Brittany.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The TLFi, Rey and Bloch and Wartburg derive it from [[non|*varask|t=to be on one's guard]], related to Germanic [[m|gem-pro|*warōną|alt=*warōn|t=to take care, protect]], as is German [[m|de|wahren]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Rey mentions Guiraud's alternative, Old Occitan [[m|pro|varar|t=to launch; to beach a ship]], from [[la|vara|t=crossbar]], since ships were drawn up on wooden rollers.^(DHLF 1992) Etymonline instead takes it from Old French [[m|fro|garir|t=to protect]], of Frankish origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first record, in the ''Mémorial forestier'' of 1802, is the action of bringing boats into a [[gare]] d'eau, a basin where they could shelter.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Littré records in 1865 the moving of wagons off the main line, the sense behind ''voie de garage'' “siding”, which figuratively became a job with no prospects or a project put aside.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) In 1891 ''Le Vélocipède illustré'' offered cyclists ''un garage fermé'', a shelter for vehicles, and in 1896 ''La France automobile'' used the word for a business that keeps and services cars; the derivative [[garagiste]] dates from the early 20th century.^(BHVF)^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Maupassant had used it for a boathouse before 1890.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ English took [[m|en|garage]] in 1902 for a shelter for motor cars.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1180 – ''Varer a'' “to defend oneself” appears in Brittany.^(TLFi)

+ * 1415 – ''Guerrer'' “to moor a ship” is recorded.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1802 – ''Garage'' is used for bringing boats into a basin.^(TLFi)

+ * 1865 – Littré records the shunting of wagons.^(TLFi)

+ * 1891 – A shelter for bicycles is called a ''garage''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1896 – Used for a motor business.^(BHVF)^(TLFi)

+ * 1902 – English borrows the word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A covered building for keeping [[m|en|vehicle|alt=vehicles]], especially cars: ''rentrer sa voiture au garage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A business that services and [[m|en|repair|alt=repairs]] cars.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(rare)'' The parking of a vehicle;^(Petit Robert 2007) ''(railways)'' the moving of wagons onto a [[m|en|siding]].^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Voie de garage'': a siding;^(Petit Robert 2007) ''(figurative, familiar)'' a dead-end job or a shelved project.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[garagiste]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[garer]]

+ * [[gare]]

+ * [[non|*varask]]

+ * [[en|garage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}