sentir French · revision 16334

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1080, Chanson de Roland|origins=la sentiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sɑ̃.tiʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sentir'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|sentiō|t=to perceive by the senses or the mind; to think, judge; to vote]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|11, 467a) The Latin verb also meant “to realize”, “to have in mind” and “to be affected by”.^(DHLF 1992) Its origin is obscure, Rey compares Old Irish “sét” “way” and [[got|𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰|tr=gasinþa|t=travelling companion]] (Old High German “sindōn” “to travel”, German “sinnen” “to ponder”), and Wiktionary gives [[ine-pro|*sent-|t=to feel]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In the sense “to give off a smell” “sentir” eliminated Old French [[m|fro|oloir]], from [[la|oleō]], a verb with an awkward conjugation that survives in [[es|oler]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Cognate with [[ro|simți]], [[it|sentire]], [[oc|sentir]], [[ca|sentir]], [[es|sentir]] and [[pt|sentir]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (1080) in the sense “to perceive by intuition”: ''Oliviers sent que a mort est feruz'' “Oliver feels that he has been mortally wounded”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the early 12th century it also meant “to know, understand” and, about 1120, “to perceive by smell” (Philippe de Thaon); about 1135 it meant to perceive through the senses in general.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In the same century it took the senses “to undergo, feel the effects of” (1135), “to feel (an emotion)” (1160) and, in Old French only, “to possess (a woman)”, ''faire sentir'' “to make felt” dates from 1221.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ The sense “to give off the smell of” appears in the early 14th century, ''sentir bon'' is found in 1530 and the figurative ''sentir le bâton'' “to smack of a beating” in 1656.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''Se faire sentir'' “to make itself felt” dates from 1690 and ''ne pas pouvoir sentir quelqu'un'' “not to be able to stand someone” from 1788.^(TLFi) In Canadian French ''sentir'' also means “to pry, spy”, whence ''senteux'' “nosy”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1080 – “To perceive by intuition”, in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1120 – “To smell”, in Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1160 – “To feel (an emotion)”, in the ''Roman d'Eneas''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1221 – ''Faire sentir'' in Jean Renart.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1314 – The noun ''sentiment''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1375 – ''Senteur''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1530 – ''Sentir bon'' in Palsgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1788 – ''Ne pas pouvoir sentir quelqu'un'' in Féraud.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|feel]] (a sensation): ''sentir la fatigue'', ''Je n'ai rien senti.''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|smell]] (perceive an odour): ''Je sens une odeur de soupe.''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To smell (give off an odour): ''Ça sent bon'', ''sentir le brûlé''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To taste of; to smack of, suggest: ''Ça sent le piège.''^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To feel, be aware of: ''sentir le danger'', ''faire sentir'', to make felt.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Se sentir'': to feel (well, ill, tired): ''Je me sens mieux.''^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Ne pas pouvoir sentir quelqu'un'': not to be able to stand someone.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Se faire sentir'': to make itself felt.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ressentiment]]

+ * [[ressentir]]

+ * [[senteur]]

+ * [[sentiment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assentiment]]

+ * [[sens]]

+ * [[la|sentiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}