décision French · revision 16703

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1314|origins=la caedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /de.si.zjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''décision''' ''f'' (plural décisions)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dēcīsiō|t=a deciding, settlement; arrangement, transaction]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|3, 25b)^(Wiktionary) formed on [[m|la|dēcīsum]], the supine of [[m|la|dēcīdō|t=to cut off; to settle]] (see [[décider]]),^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) a compound of [[m|la|caedō|t=to cut]].^(GLLF 1989)

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+ Compare [[it|decisione]], [[oc|decision]], [[ca|decisió]], [[es|decisión]] and [[pt|decisão]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A legal document of 1314 uses it for the act of deciding a question and its result.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ First a legal term, the word spread in the 17th century, taking the psychological value “quality of a person who does not hesitate” (Segrais, 1676: ''air de décision et d'autorité''); Furetière (1690) does not yet have it.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The everyday sense “a choice one makes, an act of will” is in Madame de Staël (1791).^(TLFi) In logic and epistemology it took a technical sense after English ''decision'' (compare [[décidable]]).^(DHLF 1992) Its derivatives include ''décisionnaire'' (18th century) and ''décisionnel'' (1958).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1314 – A legal decision.^(TLFi)

+ * 1413 – The related [[décisif]].^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1676 – “Decisiveness”, Segrais.^(TLFi)

+ * 1791 – “A choice made”, Madame de Staël.^(TLFi)

+ * 1958 – ''Décisionnel''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|decision]], the act of deciding a question; its result: ''prendre une décision''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # A [[m|en|ruling]] by a competent authority: ''décision judiciaire, ministérielle''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # A choice, resolution one makes: ''revenir sur sa décision''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # Decisiveness, firmness: ''avoir l'esprit de décision''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[décisionnaire]]

+ * [[décisionnel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[décider]]

+ * [[décisif]]

+ * [[indécis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}