régler French · revision 17006

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1269–1278, Jean de Meun, Roman de la Rose|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁe.ɡle/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''régler'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The Académie wrote ''regler'' in 1694 and 1718, ''régler'' from 1740.^(TLFi) Old French also had ''ruiler'', ''rieuler'', and in the 14th century the learned ''reguler''.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|règle|-er]], from [[règle]] “ruler; rule”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(GLLF 1989) Wiktionary allows it to be borrowed from [[la|rēgulō]] instead.^(Wiktionary) The noun is borrowed from [[la|rēgula|t=ruler, rule]], from [[m|la|regō|t=to guide, rule]]; it replaced the more popular form [[m|fro|rieule]], from which comes [[en|rule]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873) The Old French verb from the same Latin was [[m|fro|riuler]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ Cognate with [[oc|reglar]], [[es|reglar]] and [[it|regolare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Jean de Meun's ''Roman de la Rose'' (1269–78) uses it for governing someone or something: ''Jupiter, qui le monde regle''.^(TLFi) A Champagne account of 1288 has it for ruling lines on parchment: ''pour parchemin et regler rolles et quaiers''.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Georges Chastellain (about 1470) has ''soy régler'' “to follow the example of” and ''réglé'' “disciplined”.^(TLFi) Robert Estienne (1538) has ''reigler sa vie'', Corneille (1629) uses it for fixing something in detail, and, from 1654 it means to settle a dispute.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) Furetière (1690) records “to pay what one owes”, whence ''régler son compte à quelqu'un'' “to settle someone's hash” (1887, Zola).^(TLFi) Applied to mechanisms, it is to adjust a clock or machine (late 17th century).^(TLFi) ''Papier réglé'' “ruled paper” dates from 1640, and ''réglée'' “menstruating” from 1575 (Ambroise Paré).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1269–1278 – “To govern”, Jean de Meun.^(TLFi)

+ * 1288 – To rule lines on parchment.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1470 – ''Se régler sur'', Georges Chastellain.^(TLFi)

+ * 1654 – To settle a dispute.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – To pay a debt, Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 17th century – To adjust a clock.^(TLFi)

+ * 1887 – ''Régler son compte à quelqu'un'', Zola.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|settle]], resolve: ''régler un problème, un différend''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To pay: ''régler une facture, l'addition''; to pay (someone).^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To [[m|en|adjust]], set: ''régler une montre, le chauffage''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To arrange, fix in detail: ''régler les détails d'une cérémonie''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Régler sur'': to model on: ''régler sa conduite sur quelqu'un'', ''se régler sur''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|rule]] lines on (paper): ''papier réglé''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' ''Régler son compte à quelqu'un'': to settle someone's hash.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[réglage]]

+ * [[règlement]]

+ * [[réglementer]]

+ * [[réglable]]

+ * [[régleur]]

+ * [[dérégler]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[règle]]

+ * [[régulier]]

+ * [[réguler]]

+ * [[la|rēgula]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}