lentement French · revision 17152

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1155, Wace|origins=la lentus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /lɑ̃t.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lentement'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|lente|-ment|t1=slow]], from the feminine of [[lent]], from [[la|lentus|t=slow; pliant]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|5, 254a)

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+ Compare [[pro|lentement]], [[es|lentamente]] and [[it|lentamente]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Wace's ''Brut'' (1155) has it in the sense “slowly”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The ''Livre des Rois'' (about 1170) uses it of slowness in time, and Brunetto Latini (about 1265) of slow movement: ''Scitalis est uns serpens qui va molt lentement''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) Anglo-Norman also had ''lentement'' (1136–37).^(AND)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1136–37 – Anglo-Norman ''lentement''.^(AND)

+ * 1155 – Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1170 – Of time, ''Livre des Rois''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1265 – Of movement, Brunetto Latini.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|slowly]], at a slow pace: ''marcher lentement'', ''rivière qui coule lentement''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # Slowly, gradually, little by little: ''les heures passent lentement''.^(Larousse)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Hâte-toi lentement'': make haste slowly.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lent]]

+ * [[lenteur]]

+ * [[ralentir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}