soirée French · revision 17139

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1250, Péan Gatineau (seree)|origins=la sērō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /swa.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''soirée''' ''f'' (plural soirées)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''seree'' (about 1250; 1180 according to the Grand Robert), still used in the 16th century, ''soirée'' from 1564 (Thierry).^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Dialects have ''serée'' (Poitou) and ''série'' (Normandy).^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|soir|-ée]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary) “Soir” is from [[la|sērō|t=late]], an adverb, Old French “seree” was remade as “soirée” after it.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Péan Gatineau's ''Vie de saint Martin'' (about 1250) ''seree'' is the time from the end of the day until bedtime.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A letter of remission of 1380 uses ''scerie'' for an evening gathering.^(TLFi) In Flaubert's correspondence (1843) ''soirée'' is an evening performance at the theatre, as opposed to the ''matinée''.^(TLFi) Evening dress was ''toilette de soirée'' by 1844 and ''habit de soirée'' in Taine (1867).^(BHVF)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1250 – ''Seree'', the evening.^(TLFi)

+ * 1380 – ''Scerie'', an evening gathering.^(TLFi)

+ * 1564 – The form ''soirée''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1843 – An evening performance, Flaubert.^(TLFi)

+ * 1844 – ''Toilette de soirée''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1867 – ''Habit de soirée'', Taine.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|evening]], from nightfall until bedtime: ''en fin de soirée'', ''bonne soirée !''^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An evening party or gathering: ''donner une soirée'', ''soirée dansante'', ''tenue de soirée'', evening dress.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # An evening performance: ''en soirée'', as opposed to ''en matinée''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[soir]]

+ * [[bonsoir]]

+ * [[matinée]]

+ * [[journée]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}