résultat French · revision 16900

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1570, Carloix|origins=la resulto}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁe.zyl.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''résultat''' ''m'' (plural résultats)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|resultātum|t=result]], a word of scholastic Latin, the neuter past participle of [[m|la|resultō|t=to spring back, rebound]] used as a noun (see [[résulter]]).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary) Littré calls “resultatum” a fictitious supine of “resultare”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The GLLF dates it to about 1570 (Carloix), the Grand Robert and the Petit Robert to 1589;^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi) Cotgrave (1611) records it for whatever follows from something as its effect.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a learned word before the 19th century: Littré gives only examples from Voltaire and Bonnet, though Molière and, often, Buffon used it.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) Buffon (1749) has the plural for the findings of a scientific study, and Diderot (1749) the solution of a problem, the last stage of a calculation.^(TLFi)

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+ In 1878 Flaubert uses it for the outcome of an election to the Académie française; by 1885 ''résultats'' were election scores and by 1899 sports results.^(TLFi) Familiarly it introduces a consequence: ''il a voulu sauter par la fenêtre; résultat, il s'est foulé la cheville''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1570 – First record, in Carloix.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1611 – “Effect, outcome”, in Cotgrave.^(TLFi)

+ * 1749 – Scientific findings, in Buffon; the result of a calculation, in Diderot.^(TLFi)

+ * 1878 – The outcome of an election, in Flaubert.^(TLFi)

+ * 1885 – Election scores.^(TLFi)

+ * 1899 – Sports results.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|result]], outcome, effect: ''être le résultat de'', ''avoir pour résultat''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # What one obtains by an effort, ''des résultats'', achievements, success: ''obtenir des résultats''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The answer to a calculation or problem.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # The outcome of a contest, examination or election, ''les résultats'', the results.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(finance)'' Profit or loss, the bottom line: ''compte de résultat''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' As a result, so: ''résultat, il s'est foulé la cheville''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[résultatif]]

+ * [[résulter]]

+ * [[résultante]]

+ * [[la-med|resultātum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}