tellement French · revision 16449

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1274, Adenet le Roi, Berte (telement)|origins=la tālis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tɛl.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tellement'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|telement]].^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|tel|-ment]], formed on the feminine.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)^(Grand Robert 2005) “Tel” continues [[la|tālis|t=such]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Compare [[it|talmente]] and [[pro|talment]].^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The GLLF finds “telement” as early as the late 12th century, in the “Chevalerie Ogier”, a century before the TLFi's first record.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLFi's first record is Adenet le Roi's ''Berte'' (about 1274), where ''telement… que'' means “in such a way that”: ''Pour ce que la vouloit telement esmaier Qu'ele ne desist mot'' (“because he wanted to frighten her so that she would not say a word”).^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Oresme's ''telement quelement'' (about 1370) meant “after a fashion, so-so”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) The sense of degree, ''tellement que'' “to such a point that”, appears in 1482, and ''tellement'' with an adjective and ''que'' in Robert Estienne (1549).^(TLFi) Used alone to mark intensity it is in Michelet (1847), and ''pas tellement'' “not much” in Aragon (1936).^(GLLF 1989) The old sense of manner is now archaic or literary.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 12th century – ''Telement'' in the ''Chevalerie Ogier''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1274 – ''Telement… que'' in Adenet le Roi.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1370 – ''Telement quelement'' in Oresme.^(TLFi)

+ * 1482 – ''Tellement que'' “to such a point that”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1847 – Intensity alone, in Michelet.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1936 – ''Pas tellement'' in Aragon.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # So, so much, to such a degree: ''un spectacle tellement original''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''Tellement… que'': so… that: ''il allait tellement vite qu'il ne nous a pas vus''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''Tellement de'': so much, so many.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' Giving a reason: ''il ne viendra pas, tellement il est fatigué''.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(familiar)'' ''Pas tellement'': not much, not really.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(archaic or literary)'' In such a way (that).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''(archaic)'' ''Tellement quellement'': after a fashion.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tel]]

+ * [[si]]

+ * [[tant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}