partager French · revision 17071

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1553, Joachim du Bellay|origins=la partior}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /paʁ.ta.ʒe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''partager'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|partage|-er]].^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) It took over the sense “to divide, share” from the older verb [[partir]], which kept only the sense “to leave”.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary) The FEW files it with the other descendants of [[la|partior|t=to share, divide]].^(FEW|7, 682b)

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+ The Grand Robert and the GLLF date it from a royal ordinance of 1398, but the TLFi reads the word there, “partaigier”, as a separate derivative meaning “to make a ship ready to leave”, formed on “partage” in the sense “departure”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) Anglo-Norman already had “partager” “to apportion, share” in the early 14th century.^(AND)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Joachim du Bellay's poetry (1553) it means “to grant as one's share”: ''Premierement sur mon cœur partagée'' “first given a share of my heart”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th century the senses multiplied: dividing an inheritance among heirs (1630, d'Aubigné), being endowed with a quality, as in Descartes's ''le bon sens est la chose du monde la mieux partagée'' “good sense is the most evenly shared thing in the world” (1637), dividing one's attention (1667, Corneille, ''se partager'') and dividing a whole into parts (1678–81, Bossuet).^(TLFi) ''Partager quelque chose avec quelqu'un'' is in Pascal (1657).^(GLLF 1989)

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+ From Montaigne (1580) one could share another's feelings, and, from Balzac (1833) another's ideas.^(GLLF 1989) The past participle ''partagé'' “divided, in disagreement” is used of opinions by Pascal (1656–57).^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1398 – ''Partaigier'' in a royal ordinance, of a ship about to sail.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1553 – “To grant as a share”, Du Bellay.^(TLFi)

+ * 1580 – To share feelings, Montaigne.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1630 – To divide an inheritance, d'Aubigné.^(TLFi)

+ * 1637 – ''La chose du monde la mieux partagée'', Descartes.^(TLFi)

+ * 1657 – ''Partager avec'', Pascal.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1833 – To share ideas, Balzac.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|divide]] up, split into parts to be given out or used differently: ''partager un héritage'', ''partager une pomme en deux''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|share]] something with someone, give them part of it: ''partager les bénéfices''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To have in common, take part in: ''partager le repas de qqn'', ''partager une opinion'', ''partager la joie de qqn''.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(past participle)'' Divided, in disagreement: ''les avis sont partagés''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Se partager'': to divide oneself (between activities); to be divided.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[partageable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partage]]

+ * [[part]]

+ * [[partir]]

+ * [[répartir]]

+ * [[la|partior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}