entourer French · revision 16754

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1538, Robert Estienne|origins=la tornus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entourer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|entour|-er]], itself formed from [[en]] and [[tour]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary) Littré notes that it is a recent formation on that word, in which the ⟨n⟩ of [[tourner]] has disappeared; the regular older verb was [[m|frm|entourner]], which lasted into the 16th century (Montaigne: “de quoy nous entournons la mort”).^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Robert Estienne's Latin–French dictionary (1538) gives ''environner, entourer'' for Latin ''ambire'' “to go round, encircle”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Estienne's sense, to put something all round, and that of standing around someone are the earliest.^(GLLF 1989) Furetière (1690) uses it for forming someone's usual company, and Hugo (1862) for being the usual setting of something.^(GLLF 1989) From the early 19th century it means figuratively to lavish care or attention on someone: ''entourer quelqu'un de prévenances''.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1538 – Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – Of a person's circle, Furetière.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Early 19th century – “To surround with (care, respect)”.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|surround]], encircle: ''entourer un jardin d'une haie'', ''entourer une faute en rouge''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stand or be around: ''la foule qui l'entourait'', ''les montagnes qui entourent la ville''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To form the usual company of (someone); to be the usual setting of: ''les objets qui nous entourent''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To surround with: ''entourer quelqu'un de soins, d'affection''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''S'entourer de'': to surround oneself with.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[entourage]]

+ * [[entourant]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[autour]]

+ * [[alentour]]

+ * [[tour]]

+ * [[tourner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}