remonter French · revision 17218

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1140, Pèlerinage de Charlemagne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remonter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|re-|monter]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|6/3, 109b) [[monter]] is from [[la-vul|*montō|alt=*montāre]], derived from [[la|mōns|t=mountain]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne'' (about 1140) ''remuntent li barun'' means “the barons mount their horses again”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 12th century it meant to go up again (Gautier d'Arras), of things to rise again (Chrétien de Troyes, 1176), and transitively to put back in the saddle (about 1165) and to provide a rider with a fresh horse.^(TLFi) From 1411 it meant to reassemble what had been taken apart, and, from 1590 to wind a clock or watch.^(TLFi) Going upstream, toward the source, is in Ronsard (1559), and figuratively going back to an origin or an earlier date in Bossuet (1669); ''remonter au déluge'' dates from 1694–1718.^(TLFi) ''Remonter quelqu'un'' “to cheer up” is found in 1549 and again from 1814, and ''remonter le moral'' in Flaubert (1842).^(TLFi) Of prices it means to go up again (1770), of clothing to ride up (1690), and roses that flower again are ''remontantes'' (1842).^(TLFi)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1140 – “To remount”, ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1411 – To reassemble (an organ).^(TLFi)

+ * 1543 – ''Remontage''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1559 – “To go upstream”, Ronsard.^(TLFi)

+ * 1590 – To wind a watch.^(TLFi)

+ * 1669 – “To go back to the origin”, Bossuet.^(TLFi)

+ * 1770 – Of the exchange rate, “to rise again”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1842 – ''Remonter le moral'', Flaubert.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go back up, come back up: ''remonter au premier étage'', ''remonter dans la voiture''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rise again: ''la température remonte'', ''remonter dans l'estime de quelqu'un''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Remonter à'': to date back to, go back to: ''cela remonte à loin''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To go back up; to go up (a river, a street): ''remonter la Seine'', ''remonter le temps''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To take or bring back up; to raise: ''remonter ses manches''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To wind (up): ''remonter une montre''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # To reassemble: ''remonter un moteur''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To cheer up, buck up: ''remonter le moral''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # Of clothing, to ride up.^(Wiktionary)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remontant]]

+ * [[remontée]]

+ * [[remonte-pente]]

+ * [[remontoir]]

+ * [[remontage]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[monter]]

+ * [[démonter]]

+ * [[la|mōns]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}