entourage French · revision 16110

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.tu.ʁaʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entourage''' ''m'' (plural entourages)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|entourer|-age]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) ''Entourer'' (1538, Robert Estienne) is derived from [[entour]] “surroundings”,^(TLFi) which is formed from [[en]] and [[tour]] “circuit”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An isolated record of 1461, in documents on Commynes, already has the sense “the people who surround someone”; the word reappears in 1776 in a letter of Beaumarchais.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “what surrounds a thing” is recorded from 1779 according to Féraud and in Mme de Genlis in 1780, but a text of 1745 already uses ''entourage'' for the log walls of a hut.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)^(BHVF) Today the word is used both for the circle of people who live in someone's familiarity, as in ''l'entourage du Président'', and for an ornamental border around an object.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ English took [[m|en|entourage]] in 1832 for surroundings, a word picked up by De Quincey; the sense “attendants, companions” is recorded in English by 1860.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1461 – An isolated record, for the people around someone.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – The verb ''entourer'' is recorded.^(TLFi)

+ * 1745 – Used for the walls around a hut.^(BHVF)

+ * 1776 – Beaumarchais uses it for a person's circle.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1780 – Mme de Genlis uses it for what surrounds a thing.^(TLFi)

+ * 1832 – English borrows the word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The people who usually surround someone and live in their familiarity; one's [[m|en|circle]], [[m|en|entourage]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # An ornament or [[m|en|border]] placed around something: ''l'entourage d'une tombe'', ''un entourage de perles''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entourer]]

+ * [[entour]]

+ * [[tour]]

+ * [[en|entourage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}