repartir French · revision 17021

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1273, Adenet le Roi|origins=la partior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.paʁ.tiʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repartir'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|re-|partir]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873) “Partir” comes from a Vulgar Latin “*partire”, for classical [[la|partior|t=to share, divide]]; it first meant “to share” and developed the sense “to leave” through “se partir de” “to part from”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ The sense “to retort” (1580) is either the same formation or a specialization of the verb; the Grand Robert and the Petit Robert give it a numbered entry of its own, conjugated with “avoir”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) Littré saw a “repartie” as a quip that “goes off again”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Adenet le Roi (1273) uses it for going back to the place one came from.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1611 it was a riding term, and Furetière (1690) has “to set off again after a halt”; figuratively it means to start again, as in ''repartir à zéro''.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) The familiar ''c'est reparti !'' “here we go again” is recent.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Montaigne (1580) introduced the sense “to answer back quickly”: ''si je n'ay de quoy repartir brusquement sur le champ''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) From it came [[repartie]] “retort” (1606), and Molière's ''sans repartie'' “beyond dispute” (1656).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1273 – To go back, Adenet le Roi.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1580 – “To retort”, Montaigne.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1606 – ''Repartie''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1611 – A riding term.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1690 – To set off again, Furetière.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To leave again, set off again: ''le train va repartir''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To go back, return to where one came from: ''il est reparti chez lui''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To start again, pick up: ''repartir à zéro'', ''l'affaire repart'', ''c'est reparti !''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(literary, with avoir)'' To [[m|en|retort]], reply promptly: ''« Il n'y a rien de si possible », repartit l'autre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[repartie]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partir]]

+ * [[répartir]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In the sense “to leave again” the verb takes ''être'' (''il est reparti''); in the sense “to retort” it takes ''avoir'' (''il a reparti'').^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) It should not be confused with [[répartir]] “to distribute”, and Littré already condemned the pronunciation ''répartir'' and ''répartie'' for ''repartir'' and ''repartie''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}