mouvement French · revision 17208

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=late 12th century, Sermons de saint Bernard (movement)|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /muv.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mouvement''' ''m'' (plural mouvements)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''movement'', ''mouvement'' from the 14th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|mouvoir|-ment]].^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary compares Medieval Latin “movimentum”, probably partly based on the Old French word, “mouvoir” continues [[la|moveō|t=to move]].^(Wiktionary)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[pro|movemen]], [[ca|moviment]], [[es|movimiento]] and [[it|movimento]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Sermons'' of Saint Bernard (end of the 12th century) ''movement'' is the faculty of moving, given to all the limbs; about 1200 the ''Dialogues'' of Gregory use it for the way one moves.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The motions of the heavens are in Nicole Oresme (1377), and an earthquake was a ''movement'' of the earth (1247).^(TLFi) Inner impulses (about 1280) and a revolt (second half of the 13th century) came early, and ''bon mouvement'' is in Furetière (1690).^(TLFi) A watch's mechanism is a ''mouvement'' from 1574.^(TLFi)

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+ In music it named the progression of parts (1691), the tempo (1690) and finally a section of a work (about 1900); in the arts and in style it meant liveliness (1639, Poussin; 1669, La Fontaine).^(TLFi) The movements of troops (1676), ships (1772) and money (1807) followed.^(TLFi) From the Revolution it took the sense of a collective action aiming at social or political change (''mouvement populaire'', Marat, 1790), then a current of ideas (1819) or a literary school (1825, Hugo).^(TLFi) ''Être dans le mouvement'' “to be up to date” is found in 1844.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 12th century – ''Movement'', the faculty of moving.^(TLFi)

+ * 1247 – An earthquake, in the ''Image du monde''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1377 – The motions of the heavens, Oresme.^(TLFi)

+ * 1574 – The works of a watch.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – Tempo in music, Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1790 – ''Mouvement populaire'', Marat.^(TLFi)

+ * 1825 – ''Mouvement littéraire'', Hugo.^(TLFi)

+ * 1844 – ''Être dans le mouvement''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1845 – ''Mouvementé''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|movement]], [[m|en|motion]]: a change of position in space: ''le mouvement d'un pendule'', ''en mouvement''.^(Larousse)^(Le Robert)

+ # A movement of the body, a gesture: ''un mouvement de tête''.^(Larousse)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # The movements of a group, of vehicles, of goods or money: ''mouvement de troupes'', ''mouvement des capitaux''.^(Larousse)^(TLFi)

+ # An impulse, a feeling: ''un mouvement de colère'', ''un bon mouvement''.^(TLFi)^(Larousse)

+ # A collective action, an organized [[m|en|campaign]], or a current of ideas: ''mouvement syndical'', ''mouvement littéraire''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(music)'' Tempo; a section of a work: ''le premier mouvement d'une symphonie''.^(TLFi)

+ # The works of a watch or clock.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mouvementé]]

+ * [[mouvementer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mouvance]]

+ * [[mouvoir]]

+ * [[émouvoir]]

+ * [[la|moveō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}