différent French · revision 16521

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1360, Froissart|origins=la ferō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /di.fe.ʁɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''différent''' (feminine différente, masculine plural différents, feminine plural différentes)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|differēns|t=differing]], the present participle of [[m|la|differō|t=to carry apart; to differ]] (whence [[différer]]), from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[m|la|ferō|t=to carry]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|3, 73b) The noun [[différend]] “dispute” is the same word, distinguished by its spelling.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Froissart (about 1360) uses it of things or people that differ; in the late 14th century he also has it as a noun meaning “difference”, and the ''Ménagier de Paris'' (1393) has the adjective.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Froissart writes of the French and English being ''differens ensemble'', divided.^(Littré 1873) In the 16th century ''de differente opinion'' is in Castelnau.^(Littré 1873) Placed before a plural noun without an article it became an indefinite adjective, “various”, in Pascal (1669): ''différentes personnes me l'ont dit''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) ''C'est différent'' is used to set a particular case apart.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1360 – First record, Froissart.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1393 – ''Ménagier de Paris''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1669 – “Various”, Pascal.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|different]]: ''il est très différent de son frère'', ''c'est différent''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(before a plural noun)'' Various, several: ''à différentes reprises'', ''différentes personnes''.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[différemment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[différence]]

+ * [[différer]]

+ * [[différend]]

+ * [[indifférent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}