condition French · revision 17002

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1154–1173, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie|origins=la diciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''condition''' ''f'' (plural conditions)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|condiciō|t=agreement, stipulation; situation, state]] (Late Latin spelling [[m|la-lat|conditio]], which gave the ⟨t⟩).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|2, 1019a)^(Wiktionary) The Latin word is formed with [[m|la|cum|t=with]] on the legal term [[m|la|diciō|t=formula of command, authority]], related to [[m|la|dīcō|t=to say]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) It first meant an agreement between two parties, then the situation arising from it, and situation in general, Cicero's phrase for “the human condition” led in Late Latin to the sense “slavery”.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) The Grand Robert and the GLLF derive it from [[m|la|condīcō|t=to agree upon]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[oc|condicion]], [[es|condición]] and [[it|condizione]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Benoît de Sainte-Maure's ''Roman de Troie'' (1154–73) has ''par condicion que'' “on condition that”, a clause on which an agreement depends.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The social sense, one's rank by birth, appears in 1270–85; at first, as in Latin, it was tied to servitude (''en condiction'', 1288, ''personnes de condicion'' “bondsmen”, 1352), whence ''être en condition chez quelqu'un'' “to be in someone's service”, still used early in the 20th century.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) From 1474 it meant noble rank, as in ''personne de condition'' (1627) and ''dame de condition'' (1647).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ The general sense “state, situation” is in Jean de Meun (about 1278), but the philosophical ''la condition humaine'' only dates from before 1703 (Saint-Évremond).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Condition sine qua non'' is recorded in 1704, ''à condition de'' in 1787, ''conditions de vie'' in 1893.^(TLFi) Furetière (1690) uses it for the qualities needed for a purpose, whence ''en condition'' “fit”, of a horse (1863) and of an athlete (1924).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1154–1173 – ''Par condicion que'', Benoît de Sainte-Maure.^(TLFi)

+ * 1270–1285 – Social rank.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1278 – “State, situation”, Jean de Meun.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1474 – Noble rank.^(TLFi)

+ * Before 1703 – ''La condition humaine'', Saint-Évremond.^(TLFi)

+ * 1704 – ''Condition sine qua non''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1787 – ''À condition de''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|condition]], stipulation: ''sous condition'', ''à condition de, à condition que'', ''condition sine qua non''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(plural)'' Terms: ''conditions de paiement'', ''conditions générales de vente''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(plural)'' Circumstances: ''conditions de vie, de travail'', ''dans ces conditions''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # The situation of a being: ''la condition humaine'', ''la condition féminine''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(dated)'' Social rank: ''de condition modeste'', ''une personne de condition'', a person of rank.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # Physical state, fitness: ''être en bonne condition physique''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conditionnel]]

+ * [[conditionner]]

+ * [[conditionnement]]

+ * [[inconditionnel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dire]]

+ * [[la|condiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}