annoncer French · revision 17171

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 980, Passion de Clermont (annunciar)|origins=la nūntius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.nɔ̃.se/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''annoncer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''anuncier'' (''Chanson de Roland''), ''anoncier'', ''annoncer'' from 1546.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|anoncier]], [[inh|la|adnūntiō|t=to announce, report]], from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|nūntiō|t=to announce]], from [[m|la|nūntius|t=messenger; message]] (see [[nonce]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|24, 619a)^(Wiktionary) Bloch and Wartburg note that its form does not show whether it is a fully popular word or one influenced by written Latin, and the Petit Robert calls it a borrowing.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) “Nuntius” is of obscure origin, sometimes linked with [[m|la|novus|t=new]]; its compounds gave [[dénoncer]], [[énoncer]], [[prononcer]] and [[renoncer]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Compare [[ro|anunța]], [[it|annunciare]], [[ca|anunciar]], [[es|anunciar]] and [[pt|anunciar]].^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It appears about 980 in a religious context, ''annunciar las virtuz Crist'' “to proclaim the powers of Christ”, close to “to preach”, and also in the lay sense “to tell”; these senses lasted until at least the 16th century.^(DHLF 1992) The ''Chanson de Roland'' has ''Il lui ad anunciet''.^(Littré 1873)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From 1080 it was used of revealing an unknown or future fact, which became the main modern sense, often with the idea of publicity (Froissart, end of the 14th century).^(DHLF 1992) About 1650 ''annoncer qqn'' meant to make known a person's arrival, and, from the 17th century the subject could be a sign that foretells something.^(DHLF 1992) Card games gave a sense in 1866, whence ''annoncer la couleur'' “to make one's intentions clear” in the 20th century.^(DHLF 1992) ''S'annoncer'' “to show itself” is in Bossuet; in Swiss French it means to report somewhere or to sign up.^(DHLF 1992) [[en|announce]] was borrowed in the 14th–15th century.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 980 – ''Annunciar'', ''Passion''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1080 – ''Anunciet'', ''Chanson de Roland''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * late 14th century – To make public, Froissart.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1546 – The spelling ''annoncer''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * c. 1650 – To announce a visitor.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1866 – A term of card games.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|announce]], make known: ''annoncer une nouvelle'', ''les journaux ont annoncé son mariage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # To announce a visitor: ''veuillez m'annoncer'', ''se faire annoncer''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To [[m|en|predict]], foretell; to be a sign of: ''ces nuages annoncent la pluie''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To proclaim: ''annoncer l'Évangile''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(card games)'' To declare, ''annoncer la couleur'', to make one's intentions clear.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''S'annoncer'': to look, promise to be: ''la soirée s'annonce bien''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[annonce]]

+ * [[annonceur]]

+ * [[annonciateur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dénoncer]]

+ * [[nonce]]

+ * [[Annonciation]]

+ * [[énoncer]]

+ * [[prononcer]]

+ * [[renoncer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}