arranger French · revision 17177

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1160 (arengier)|origins=frk *hring}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): [a.ɾɑ̃.ʒe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''arranger'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''arengier'' (about 1160); ''arranger'' from the 14th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|a-|ranger|t2=to put in rows, arrange]], from [[rang]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|16, 244b)^(Wiktionary) “Rang” (Old French “renc”) is [[bor|frk|*hring|t=circle, ring]] (compare [[de|Ring]]), which Bloch and Wartburg think came in with the sense “assembly”, judicial or military, after the custom of the ancient Germans, whence “order, row of the people at an assembly”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[pro|arengar]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first sense, about 1160, is to put in rank, at first of soldiers drawn up in their ranks: ''François s'arengent'' “the French draw up in line” (''Bataille d'Aliscans'').^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) ''S'arranger'' (about 1200) meant “to take one's place”, and, from 1694 “to settle in”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Littré noted that ''arranger'' adds to ''ranger'' the idea of fixing the order itself in which things are put; from 1538 it meant to put in the proper order, and so moved away from the simple verb.^(DHLF 1992) Special uses followed: to dress and adorn (La Bruyère, 1696), to arrange a piece of music (mid-19th century), to repair (1863) and, in cooking, to prepare (1866).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ With a person as object it meant “to ill-treat” as early as 1492 (''arengier''), and in slang “to swindle” (1896).^(DHLF 1992) ''Arranger'' people meant to reconcile them (1665), ''arranger une affaire'' to settle it amicably (1798), and ''arranger qqn'' to suit someone; in African French it means to help, to do someone a favour.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1160 – ''Arengier'', to draw up in ranks.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1200 – ''S'arranger'', to take one's place.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1538 – To put in the proper order.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1665 – To reconcile.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1798 – ''Arranger une affaire''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * mid-19th century – To arrange music.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1863 – To repair.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|arrange]], put in order: ''arranger des fleurs dans un vase'', ''arranger sa coiffure''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To fit out or adapt for a purpose: ''arranger une chambre pour un invité'', ''(music)'' to arrange a piece for other instruments.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To organize, set up: ''arranger un rendez-vous''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To settle, sort out: ''arranger une affaire''; to [[m|en|repair]], fix.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To [[m|en|suit]], be convenient for: ''ça m'arrange''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To beat up, ill-treat: ''il s'est fait arranger''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''S'arranger'': to come to an agreement; to manage; to get better: ''tout va s'arranger''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arrangement]]

+ * [[arrangeur]]

+ * [[arrangeant]]

+ * [[arrangeable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ranger]]

+ * [[rang]]

+ * [[déranger]]

+ * [[harangue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}