vêtement French · revision 17040

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 10th century, Passion de Clermont (vestiment)|origins=la vestis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /vɛt.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vêtement''' ''m'' (plural vêtements)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''vestiment'' (late 10th century), ''vestement'' (about 1100); ''vêtemant'' (1636) and ''vêtement'' (1671) in the 17th century; the Académie had ''vestement'' in 1718.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|vestement]], [[inh|la|vestīmentum|t=garment, clothing]], from [[m|la|vestis|t=garment]] (see [[veste]]).^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|14, 351b) Rey, the Grand Robert and Bloch and Wartburg describe it as a derivative of [[vêtir]] modelled on the Latin word.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ The Latin word gave [[it|vestimento]], [[es|vestimenta]] and [[pt|vestimenta]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Passion de Clermont'' (late 10th century) has ''vestiment'' for whatever covers and protects the body; in the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) the French cut through ''cez vestemenz'' to the bare flesh.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A collective feminine ''vestemente'' is found about 1200, and a ''Poème moral'' of the early 13th century speaks of the garments of the soul, piety and charity, the first figurative use.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) In modern French the plural is the everyday word for clothes, as opposed to ''sous-vêtements'' (1890 in Quebec).^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) Heraldry uses it for a shield whose corners are covered by four triangles (1904).^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ''Vestimentaire'' (1830, Balzac) and [[survêtement]] (1829, later a tracksuit) belong to the same family.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 10th century – ''Vestiment'', ''Passion de Clermont''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1100 – ''Vestement'', ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * early 13th century – Figurative use.^(TLFi)

+ * 1671 – The spelling ''vêtement'', Pomey.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1890 – ''Sous-vêtement'', in Quebec.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|garment]], an item of clothing: ''un vêtement chaud''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(plural)'' [[m|en|clothes]]: ''changer de vêtements'', ''(singular, technical)'' clothing as a whole, the clothing trade.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(BHVF)

+ # ''(figurative, literary)'' What covers or disguises.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(heraldry)'' Four triangles covering the corners of a shield.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sous-vêtement]]

+ * [[survêtement]]

+ * [[vestimentaire]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vêtir]]

+ * [[veste]]

+ * [[la|vestīmentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}