finalement French · revision 16945

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1280, Clef d'amors|origins=la finis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fi.nal.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''finalement'''^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Finalment'' (about 1280); ''finalement'' from the 16th century.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|final|-ment]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) [[final]] (1174–1178) is borrowed from [[la-lat|fīnālis|t=at the end]], from [[m|la|fīnis|t=end]].^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Old French had also [[m|fro|finablement|t=definitively]] (about 1185), formed on [[fin]], which lasted into the 16th century.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[pro|finalment]], [[es|finalmente]] and [[it|finalmente]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Clef d'amors'' (about 1280) has ''finalment'' “in the end, all things considered”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “at the end, at last” is in Bersuire's translation of Livy (about 1355): ''Finalment lui et aucuns autres avoient esté mors''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) Marot writes ''Finalement croi la vie eternelle'' in the 16th century, when the modern spelling became established.^(Littré 1873)^(GLLF 1989) The Académie has recorded it since 1694.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1174–1178 – The adjective ''final''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1185 – Old French ''finablement''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1280 – ''Finalment'' in the ''Clef d'amors''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1355 – “At last”, in Bersuire.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1694 – Recorded by the Académie.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|finally|alt=Finally]], in the end, at last: ''Ils se sont finalement réconciliés.''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Lastly, to end a list.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # All things considered, ultimately, after all.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[final]]

+ * [[fin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}