revoir French · revision 16397

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=late 10th century, Passion de Clermont}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.vwaʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''revoir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''revedeir'' (about 980), ''reveeir'' (1080), ''reveoir'' and ''revoir'' (late 12th century).^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|re-|voir]], from the earliest Old French, Littré and Wiktionary allow that it may also continue [[la|revideō|t=to see again]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|14, 423a) “Voir” itself continues [[la|videō|t=to see]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[it|rivedere]] and [[es|rever]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found at the end of the 10th century in the ''Passion'' of Clermont, as ''revedeir'', “to see again a person seen before”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “To look again at something with pleasure” is in Du Bellay (1558), and “to go back to a place” in Montaigne (1588: ''les lieux et les livres que je revoy'').^(TLFi) The reflexive ''se revoir'' meant “to find oneself again in a place” in Scarron (1651) and “to meet again” in Madame de Sévigné (1677).^(TLFi) In 1651 Corneille uses it for seeing again in one's memory.^(TLFi)

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+ The sense “to examine again in order to correct” goes back to the 13th century (''Isopet de Lyon''), and ''revoir une leçon'' “to revise” to La Bruyère (1686).^(GLLF 1989) The phrase ''au revoir'' is the usual way of taking leave; the noun ''revoir'' is a hunting term (1690), and ''à la revoyure'' (1821) is popular.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 10th century – ''Revedeir'' in the ''Passion'' of Clermont.^(TLFi)

+ * 13th century – “To examine again”, in the ''Isopet de Lyon''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1317 – ''Revue''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1558 – “To look at again with pleasure”, in Du Bellay.^(TLFi)

+ * 1588 – “To go back to a place”, in Montaigne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1677 – ''Se revoir'' “to meet again”, in Madame de Sévigné.^(TLFi)

+ * 1686 – “To revise (a lesson)”, in La Bruyère.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|see]] again, meet again: ''j'aimerais le revoir'', ''se revoir''.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To go back to a place; to watch a show again.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

+ # To see again in memory: ''je le revois encore''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To look over again, [[m|en|revise]], [[m|en|review]]: ''revoir un texte'', ''revoir ses leçons''.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''Au revoir'': goodbye, ''un au revoir'', a farewell that is not final.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[revue]]

+ * [[revoyure]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voir]]

+ * [[entrevoir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}