demain French · revision 16394

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la māne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /də.mɛ̃/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /dmɛ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''demain'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-lat|dē māne|t=early in the morning]], literally “from the morning”, first found in the Vulgate.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|3, 36b)^(Wiktionary) The phrase strengthens with [[m|la|dē]] the word [[m|la|māne|t=morning; in the morning]], the neuter of an archaic adjective [[m|la|mānis|t=good]] (compare the [[mânes]]), as in the French “de bonne heure” and “de bon matin”.^(DHLF 1992) From “in the morning” it came to mean “from the morning of the next day”, then “tomorrow”; naming the next day by the morning is common, as [[de|morgen]] and [[es|mañana]] show.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992) As a noun for the morning itself it was replaced by “matūtīnum” (see [[matin]]), and [[la|crās|t=tomorrow]] left hardly a trace apart from [[procrastination]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[it|domani]] and [[pro|deman]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100), both as an adverb and as a noun.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides the next day, ''demain'' came to mean the near future, often in contrast with ''aujourd'hui'' (1273, Adenet le Roi), sometimes ironically: ''c'est pas demain la veille'', ''ce n'est pas pour demain''.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) The compounds [[lendemain]], from ''l'endemain'' (''endemain'' was usual from the 12th to the 15th century), and [[après-demain]] (1690) were formed on it.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – Adverb and noun in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1273 – “The near future”, in Adenet le Roi.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1292 – ''Landemain'', later ''lendemain''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1690 – ''Après-demain''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|tomorrow]], on the day after today: ''à demain'', ''demain matin''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the near future: ''ce n'est pas pour demain''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The next day: ''demain est un autre jour''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # The future: ''les lendemains qui chantent'', ''le monde de demain''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lendemain]]

+ * [[après-demain]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[matin]]

+ * [[la|māne]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}