remarquer French · revision 16525

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1376, Modus et Ratio (remerchier); 1549, Estienne (remarquer)|origins=non merki}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.maʁ.ke/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remarquer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Middle French ''remerchier'' (1376), ''remerquier'', ''remerquer'' (about 1393), ''remarcher'' (1465); ''remarquer'' from 1549.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|re-|marquer]], with an intensive “re-”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) “Remarquer” is the Norman-Picard form that replaced Old French “remerchier” and “remerquer” under the influence of [[marquer]], itself the Norman-Picard counterpart of Old French “merchier”, derived from “merc” “mark”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg derive “merchier” from [[non|merki|t=mark]]; its ⟨a⟩ they put down to the verb [[marcher]] and perhaps to [[it|marcare]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|16, 555a)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio'' (1376) uses ''remerchier'' in hawking, of watching where a partridge hides after it has taken off.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Robert Estienne's dictionary (1549) ''remarquer'' means to fix one's eyes or attention on something, taking over this use from ''marquer''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) To single out a person among others is found in 1585, and ''se faire remarquer'', first “to distinguish oneself” (Vaugelas, 1653), became disparaging, “to draw attention to oneself”, about 1893–1899.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Like ''observer'', it came to mean to say, point out (Pascal, 1657–62); the factitive ''faire remarquer que'' (Voltaire, 1767) replaced this use.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The sense “to mark again” (Cotgrave, 1611) remained rare.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1376 – ''Remerchier'', in hawking.^(TLFi)

+ * 1547–55 – ''Remarquable''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1549 – ''Remarquer'', in Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1579 – ''Remarque''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1585 – To single out a person, Noël du Fail.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – “To mark again”, Cotgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1653 – ''Se faire remarquer'', Vaugelas.^(TLFi)

+ * 1767 – ''Faire remarquer que'', Voltaire.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|notice]]: ''remarquer une tache'', ''je n'ai rien remarqué'', ''remarquer que''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To single out, distinguish among others: ''il l'avait remarquée au bal''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To [[m|en|remark]], observe, point out: ''faire remarquer une erreur'', ''remarquez, …''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se faire remarquer'': to draw attention to oneself, often disparagingly.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(rare)'' To mark again.^(Larousse)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remarque]]

+ * [[remarquable]]

+ * [[remarquablement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[marquer]]

+ * [[marque]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}