rejoindre French · revision 17220

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1050, Vie de saint Alexis|origins=la iungō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.ʒwɛ̃dʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rejoindre'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|re-|joindre]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|5, 70a) [[joindre]] is from [[la|iungō|t=to join, yoke]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Vie de saint Alexis'' (about 1050) uses it intransitively for reaching the end of a journey, Chrétien de Troyes (about 1175) has it transitively, to join again what was separated.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 13th century it meant to knit together again (a ''Lancelot'', reflexive), to put back together, to clasp (the hands, Adenet le Roi, about 1274), and in surgery to bring the edges of a wound together (Mondeville).^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) ''Soi rejoindre vers'' “to go and meet (someone)” is found about 1280, and transitive “to go and join (someone)” in Ronsard (1552).^(TLFi) From 1690 it meant to get back to a post or place, and in military use absolutely to rejoin one's unit (1789).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Of roads and rivers it means to meet, join (1797).^(TLFi) Figuratively ''rejoindre'' is to come close to, agree with (an opinion).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – “To arrive”, ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – “To join again”, Chrétien de Troyes.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1280 – “To go and meet”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1552 – Transitive “to join (someone)”, Ronsard.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – “To get back to (a post)”, Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1797 – Of a coastline, “to meet”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|join]], meet up with: ''je vous rejoins dans une heure'', ''rejoindre sa famille''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To get back to, regain: ''rejoindre son poste'', ''rejoindre l'autoroute''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To catch up with: ''rejoindre le peloton''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # Of a road or river, to meet, join: ''la rue rejoint le boulevard''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To agree with, come close to: ''je vous rejoins sur ce point''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(dated)'' To put back together, reunite: ''rejoindre les lèvres d'une plaie''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Se rejoindre'': to meet: ''rejoignons-nous à la gare''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[joindre]]

+ * [[rejointoyer]]

+ * [[en|rejoin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}