saluer French · revision 16794

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 10th century, Passion of Clermont (saluder)|origins=la salūs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sa.lɥe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''saluer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''saluder'' (late 10th century); ''saluer'' from the 11th century.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|saluer]], [[inh|la|salūtō|t=to greet; to pay one's respects; to visit]],^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|11, 126b)^(Wiktionary) properly “to wish someone health (salus)”, for example when he sneezes; it is derived from [[m|la|salūs|t=health, safety]] (see [[salut]]).^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ Cognate with [[it|salutare]], [[pro|saludar]], [[es|saludar]] and [[pt|saudar]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Passion of Clermont'' (late 10th century) has ''saluder cum'' “to hail as”; in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) it means to honour someone with an outward mark of respect: ''S'il saluerent par amur e par bien'', “they greeted him with love and goodwill”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Benoît de Sainte-Maure (about 1175) uses it for sending one's greetings through someone else, and Robert Estienne (1538) for complimenting by letter; the reciprocal ''se saluer'' is in Herberay des Essarts's ''Amadis'' (1540).^(TLFi) From 1547 (Noël du Fail) one salutes inanimate things, and Balzac (1839) has ''saluer quelque chose par'' “to greet an event with approval”.^(TLFi)

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+ The military salute is recorded in 1609, ''saluer la mer'' by the Académie (1694), and the naval salute with sails or flag in 1832.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The Académie (1835) records its use as a polite formula at the end of a letter, and actors take their bow, ''saluer le public'', from 1866.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 10th century – ''Saluder'', Passion of Clermont.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1100 – “To greet”, ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1175 – “To send greetings”, Benoît de Sainte-Maure.^(TLFi)

+ * 1540 – ''Se saluer''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1609 – The military salute.^(TLFi)

+ * 1835 – At the end of a letter.^(TLFi)

+ * 1866 – Actors ''saluer le public''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|greet]]: ''saluer quelqu'un d'un geste, de la voix'', ''ils se sont salués''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To say goodbye to, ''je vous salue'', a formula of leave-taking.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(military, nautical)'' To [[m|en|salute]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To hail, acclaim; to pay tribute to.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # Of a performer, to bow to the audience.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[saluade]]

+ * [[salueur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salut]]

+ * [[salutation]]

+ * [[la|salūtō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}