simplement French · revision 16529

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1125–50, Grand mal fist Adam}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sɛ̃.plə.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''simplement''' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|simple|-ment]], from the adjective [[simple]] with the adverbial suffix.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The poem ''Grand mal fist Adam'' (about 1125–50) uses it for “in a simple manner, without complexity”; the Grand Robert and GLLF date it about 1160, in the ''Roman de Tristan''.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Tot simplement'' “only, merely” is found about 1200 in the ''Poème moral''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes (about 1165–75) used it for “straightforwardly, without guile”.^(GLLF 1989) ''Purement et simplement'' is in Noël du Fail (1585), and “modestly, without show” in Guillaume Coquillart (about 1460).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1125–50 – ''Grand mal fist Adam''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1200 – ''Tot simplement'' “only”.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1460 – “Without show”, Coquillart.^(TLFi)

+ * 1585 – ''Purement et simplement''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|simply]], plainly, without complication or affectation: ''s'habiller simplement'', ''recevoir simplement''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)^(Larousse)

+ # Frankly, without beating about the bush: ''avouer simplement qu'on s'est trompé''.^(Larousse)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # Only, merely: ''je voulais simplement vous le dire'', ''tout simplement'', ''purement et simplement''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[simple]]

+ * [[simplicité]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}