anglais French · revision 17211

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=12th century (engleis, angleis)|origins=la-lat Anglī}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Belgium, France): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.ɡle/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Canada): /ã.ɡlɛ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''anglais''' (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''engleis'', ''angleis'', ''anglois'', Anglo-Norman also ''engleis'', ''englois''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)^(AND)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|fro|Angle|t=Angle]], the name of the Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, with the suffix “-eis” (modern [[-ais]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|15/2, 87b) The name comes from [[la-lat|Anglī]] (singular “Anglus”).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Rey traces it to a Germanic place name, Angeln, in the east of Schleswig, perhaps named after the shape of the district.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ The modern form follows the change of “-ois” to “-ais”, “anglois” is still listed as an older spelling.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the 12th century as ''engleis'' or ''angleis'', of England and its people.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It applied to England and, by extension, to Great Britain, and ''l'anglais'' names the language wherever it is spoken.^(DHLF 1992) In the 16th century ''anglois'' could also mean a creditor.^(Littré 1873) In Canada ''les Anglais'' are the English-speaking Canadians.^(DHLF 1992) ''L'anglaise'' names a sloping handwriting (1788) and, in the plural, long ringlets (1829); ''filer à l'anglaise'' “to leave without saying goodbye” is from the 19th century.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992) Many phrases use the adjective, such as ''capote anglaise'', ''clé anglaise'' and ''pommes à l'anglaise''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''Franglais'' (1953, from ''français'' and ''anglais'') was popularised by Étiemble.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – ''Engleis'', ''angleis''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 16th century – ''Anglois'' “creditor”, in Marot.^(Littré 1873)

+ * 1788 – ''Anglaise'', a handwriting, ''anglaiser'' a horse.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1829 – ''Anglaises'', ringlets.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1890 – ''Filer à l'anglaise''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1953 – ''Franglais''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|English|alt=English]]: of England and, loosely, of [[m|en|Britain]]: ''la monarchie anglaise'', ''le Canada anglais''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''À l'anglaise'': in the English way: ''jardin à l'anglaise'', ''pommes de terre à l'anglaise'', steamed, ''filer à l'anglaise'', to slip away unnoticed.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''L'anglais'': the English [[m|en|language]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''Un Anglais, une Anglaise'': an Englishman, an Englishwoman.^(GLLF 1989)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''Anglaise'': a sloping cursive handwriting, ''anglaises'', long ringlets.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[anglaiser]]

+ * [[franglais]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Angleterre]]

+ * [[anglicisme]]

+ * [[anglo-saxon]]

+ * [[anglophone]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}