remplacer French · revision 16791

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1549, Robert Estienne|origins=la platea}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁɑ̃.pla.se/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remplacer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[re-]] and the old verb [[m|frm|emplacer|t=to put in place]] (see [[emplacement]]),^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|9, 41a) itself from [[place]];^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) the noun continues [[la|platea|t=broad street; square]], perhaps from [[grc|πλατεῖα|tr=plateîa|t=broad]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Robert Estienne (1549) has it with an unclear sense; the TLFi's first clear record is Nicot (1606), “to put a thing in another place”, and Vauquelin (1607) has “to put back in place”.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cotgrave (1611) records the modern sense “to put in the place of another person or thing”, and Crespin (1616) “to take the place of”.^(TLFi) Lesage (1709) uses it for succeeding someone in a post, and, from 1792 it meant to do someone's military service in his stead.^(TLFi) The Académie (1835) records its use for filling in for someone temporarily;^(TLFi) Richelet (1679) gives a financial sense, to reinvest capital.^(TLFi) [[remplacement]] also dates from 1549.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1549 – First record, Robert Estienne; [[remplacement]].^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1606 – “To put elsewhere”, Nicot.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – “To put in the place of”, Cotgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1679 – “To reinvest”, Richelet.^(TLFi)

+ * 1709 – “To succeed in a post”, Lesage.^(TLFi)

+ * 1792 – Military substitution.^(TLFi)

+ * 1835 – “To stand in for”, Académie.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|replace]] a thing by another: ''remplacer un carreau cassé''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To take the place of, stand in for: ''son collaborateur le remplacera pendant son absence''.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

+ # To succeed someone, give someone a successor: ''la direction a remplacé le comptable''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # Of a thing, to take the place of, serve instead of.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remplaçable]]

+ * [[irremplaçable]]

+ * [[remplaçant]]

+ * [[remplacement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[place]]

+ * [[placer]]

+ * [[emplacement]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}