recevoir French · revision 16426

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 10th century, Vie de saint Léger (reciwre)|origins=la capiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.sə.vwaʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recevoir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French infinitive [[m|fro|receivre]] (late 10th century), ''reçoivre'', ''receveir'' (1080), ''recivoir'' (about 1200) and ''recevoir'' (1273) were made on ''recevons'', as ''avoir'' on ''avons''.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|receivre]], [[inh|la|recipiō|t=to take back; to accept, welcome]], from [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take, seize]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|10, 145a)^(Wiktionary) The modern infinitive replaced the regular “receivre”, which kept the Latin stress on “-ci-”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) [[en|receive]] was borrowed from Anglo-Norman.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[it|ricevere]], [[oc|recebre]], [[ca|rebre]], [[es|recibir]] and [[pt|receber]].^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the second half of the 10th century in the ''Vie de saint Léger'' as ''reciwre'', meaning “to accept someone, let someone in”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ About 1050 it meant “to take what is offered” and in 1155 “to receive (baptism)”; in the ''Chanson de Roland'' it is “to suffer (blows)” and “to accept (a law)”.^(TLFi) About 1145 Wace used it for welcoming someone in a certain way.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Later developments include receiving visits (1727), entertaining guests (1798) and admitting a candidate to an examination.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''Idée reçue'' “received idea” belongs to the sense “to accept as true”.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi) Derivatives include [[recette]] and [[receveur]] (12th century), [[recevable]] (13th century) and [[reçu]] (1611).^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 10th century – ''Reciwre'' in the ''Vie de saint Léger''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1050 – “To take what is offered”, in the ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1100 – ''Receivre'' blows, in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1145 – “To welcome”, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 1273 – The infinitive ''recevoir''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1611 – ''Reçu'' “receipt”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1798 – Absolute ''recevoir'' “to entertain”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|receive]], get: ''recevoir une lettre'', ''recevoir un prix''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To suffer, sustain: ''recevoir un coup''.^(TLFi)

+ # To welcome, [[m|en|entertain]]: ''recevoir des amis'', ''(absolute)'' to have guests.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To admit: ''être reçu à un examen''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To accept as true: ''une idée reçue''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(of a place)'' To hold, accommodate.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recette]]

+ * [[recevable]]

+ * [[irrecevable]]

+ * [[receveur]]

+ * [[reçu]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[réceptacle]]

+ * [[récepteur]]

+ * [[réceptif]]

+ * [[réception]]

+ * [[récipient]]

+ * [[la|recipiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}