entrer French · revision 16353

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=2nd half of the 10th century, Vie de saint Léger (intrer)|origins=la intrā}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.tʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entrer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''intrer'' (10th century), then ''entrer''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|entrer]], [[inh|la|intrō|t=to go into, enter]], from [[m|la|intrā|t=within]], related to [[m|la|inter|t=between]], whence [[entre]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|4, 773a)^(Wiktionary) The Latin preposition goes back to Indo-European [[ine-pro|*h₁énteros]], from [[m|ine-pro|*h₁én|t=in]].^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ Cognate with [[ro|intra]], [[it|entrare]], [[oc|entrar]], [[ca|entrar]], [[es|entrar]] and [[pt|entrar]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the second half of the 10th century the ''Vie de saint Léger'' uses it for going into a place, and also for entering a monastery.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) it already means “to set out on” (''entret en son veiage'') and is used abstractly.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) About 1119 it meant “to begin” of a season or year, and about 1165 “to fall into a state of mind”, ''entrer en colère'' dates from 1534.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Entrer en matière'' is found about 1275, ''entrer dans la danse'' in 1690 and ''entrer en scène'' in 1835.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ From 1605 ''entrer dans'' meant “to form part of”, and, from 1662 “to share (an opinion)”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The transitive use “to bring in” appears once in the 13th century and again from 1615, especially of goods.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In dialects the verb has been strongly challenged by [[rentrer]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 10th century – ''Intrer'' in the ''Vie de saint Léger''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1100 – ''Entret en son veiage'' in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1119 – Used of the beginning of a season.^(TLFi)

+ * 1119 – ''Entrée''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1275 – ''Entrer en matière''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1605 – ''Entrer dans'' “to form part of”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1615 – Transitive, “to bring in (goods)”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|enter]], go or come in: ''entrer dans une maison'', ''entrez !''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To join, become a member of: ''entrer dans une entreprise''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To begin a state or period: ''entrer en guerre'', ''entrer dans sa vingtième année''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

+ # To form part of: ''entrer dans la composition de''.^(TLFi)

+ # To share, enter into: ''entrer dans les vues de quelqu'un''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To bring in, [[m|en|import]]; to input (data).^(DHLF 1992)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rentrer]]

+ * [[rentrée]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entre]]

+ * [[entrée]]

+ * [[la|intrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}