apercevoir French · revision 16493

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.pɛʁ.sə.vwaʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apercevoir'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French forms include ''apparzoivre'' and ''aperzoyvre'' (12th century, Saint Bernard).^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|a-|percevoir]], already in Old French [[m|fro|apercevoir|t=to become aware of]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|8, 217b) [[percevoir|alt=Percevoir]] is a remaking of Old French “perçoivre”, from [[la|percipiō|t=to seize by the senses, understand]], from [[m|la|per-]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|apercebre]], [[es|apercibir]] and [[pt|aperceber]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found, reflexive, in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (1080): ''ainz que Rolanz se seit aperceüt'', “before Roland had noticed”; the transitive use “to catch sight of” is of the mid-12th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Saint Bernard's sermons (12th century) use it for discerning something by the mind: ''trois manieres de sainteit poons apparzoivre''.^(Littré 1873) In the 13th and 14th centuries ''apercevoir'' was also used for collecting taxes, a sense later taken by [[percevoir]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The verb gave Leibniz's [[aperception]] (17th century) and the noun [[aperçu]] “glimpse, outline” (1760).^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – ''S'apercevoir'', ''Chanson de Roland''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)

+ * Mid-12th century – Transitive “to see”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 17th century – ''Aperception'', Leibniz.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1760 – ''Aperçu''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1782 – ''Inaperçu''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|glimpse]], catch sight of, make out: ''on apercevait le clocher au loin''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To see briefly, notice: ''je l'ai aperçu dans la rue''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To perceive, become aware of (a truth, a difficulty).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # ''S'apercevoir de'', ''s'apercevoir que'': to [[m|en|realize]], notice: ''il s'aperçut de son erreur''.^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aperçu]]

+ * [[inaperçu]]

+ * [[aperception]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aperceptif]]

+ * [[percevoir]]

+ * [[entrevoir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}