ramasser French · revision 16824

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1213, Faits des Romains|origins=la massa}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁa.ma.se/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ʁa.mɑ.se/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ramasser'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[re-]] and [[amasser|t=to amass]],^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|6/1, 448a) itself a derivative of [[masse]].^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Faits des Romains'' (about 1213) have ''ramasser grant gent'' “to gather a large force”, of troops.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The reflexive “to gather together” is in Robert Estienne (1538), and d'Aubigné (1616) writes of soldiers who ''se ramassoyent'' ten by ten to break through.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) In the late 13th century it is used for collecting scattered things, and, from 1580 (Montaigne) for collecting in small amounts, ''ramassé'' “compact, thick-set” is also in Montaigne.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) Ramasser fines is recorded in 1535.^(TLFi)

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+ The sense “to pick up from the ground” appears in Ronsard (1549) and Amyot (1559), who has Ismenias drop his ring and stoop ''pour le ramasser'';^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) Ménage (1672) condemned that use and preferred ''amasser''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) Familiar senses followed: to round up offenders (Mercier, 1785), ''se faire ramasser'' “to get arrested” (1867), and ''ramasser une bûche'' “to take a fall” (1895).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1213 – “To gather troops”, ''Faits des Romains''.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 13th century – “To collect what is scattered”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – Reflexive “to gather”, Robert Estienne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1549 – “To pick up from the ground”, Ronsard.^(TLFi)

+ * 1672 – Ménage condemns that sense.^(TLFi)

+ * 1785 – “To round up”, Mercier.^(TLFi)

+ * 1867 – ''Se faire ramasser'' “to be arrested”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1895 – ''Ramasser une bûche'' “to fall”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|pick up]] from the ground.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To [[m|en|collect]], gather what is scattered: ''ramasser du foin''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To draw together into a mass: ''ramasser ses cheveux en chignon''; to [[m|en|condense]] a style.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Ramasser ses forces'': to summon up all one's strength.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To arrest, round up, ''se faire ramasser'', to get nabbed, ''ramasser une bûche'', to come a cropper.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Se ramasser'': to [[m|en|crouch]], huddle up, ''(familiar)'' to fall, to fail.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ramassage]]

+ * [[ramasseur]]

+ * [[ramassis]]

+ * [[ramasse]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amasser]]

+ * [[masse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}