journée French · revision 16450

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1150, Wace, Vie de saint Nicolas (jornee)|origins=la diurnus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʒuʁ.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''journée''' ''f'' (plural journées)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|jornee]].^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|jour|-ée]], formed on the Old French form [[m|fro|jorn]].^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)^(FEW|3, 103a) Wiktionary instead traces it to [[la-vul|*diurnāta]].^(Wiktionary) Compare [[it|giornata]], [[pro|jornada]] and [[es|jornada]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ “Jour” continues popular [[la|diurnus|t=of the day]], which replaced classical [[m|la|diēs]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ About 1150 Wace's ''Vie de saint Nicolas'' uses ''jornee'' for a day's journey, and also for that distance as a measure.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Wace soon used it for a day's work (1155) and for the land ploughed in a day, a measure of land (1160–1174); Étienne Boileau (1260) has it for a day's pay.^(TLFi) About 1195 Ambroise uses it for a day of battle, the source of its use for a day of historic events, such as ''la journée des Dupes'' or ''les journées de juillet 1830''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) The length of the day itself, ''a jornee'' “from morning to evening”, is found about 1280.^(TLFi)

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+ ''Gens de journée'' “day labourers” and ''travailler à la journée'' are in Furetière (1690); ''toute la sainte journée'' “all day long” is found in 1790, ''à longueur de journée'' in the early 20th century and ''journée continue'', a working day without a long lunch break, in 1961.^(GLLF 1989)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1150 – A day's journey, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 1155 – A day's work.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1195 – A day of battle, in Ambroise.^(TLFi)

+ * 1260 – A day's pay, in Étienne Boileau.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – ''Gens de journée'' in Furetière.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1790 – ''Toute la sainte journée''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1961 – ''Journée continue''.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|day]], the time from sunrise to sunset; [[m|en|daytime]]: ''pendant la journée'', ''en fin de journée''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A day considered for its weather or activities: ''une belle journée'', ''une journée bien remplie'', ''bonne journée !''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A day's work; a working day: ''travailler à la journée''.^(Le Robert)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # A day's [[m|en|wages]].^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

+ # A day marked by a historic event: ''la journée des barricades''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(dated)'' A day's journey.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''À longueur de journée'', ''toute la sainte journée'': all day long.^(Le Robert)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[jour]]

+ * [[journellement]]

+ * [[nuitée]]

+ * [[matinée]]

+ * [[soirée]]

+ * [[la|diurnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}