adorer French · revision 17233

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 10th century, Passion de Clermont|origins=la ōrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.dɔ.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adorer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The popular Old French form was [[m|fro|aorer]], ''aürer'' (1080), still found in ''le vendredi aoré'' “Good Friday” in the 16th and 17th centuries.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|adōrō|t=to address, entreat; to worship]], from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|ōrō|t=to speak, pray]] (whence [[oraison]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) The learned form replaced the inherited “aorer” under the influence of Church Latin.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Littré cites the view that “adōrāre” first meant to raise the hand to the mouth in homage, but prefers the simpler “to speak to, address, pray to”.^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[es|adorar]] and [[it|adorare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Passion de Clermont'' (late 10th century) it means to worship God: ''si l'adorent com redemptor'' “they worship him as redeemer”; in the ''Chanson de Roland'' it is used of the pagans' idols.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was applied to the Cross (late 13th century) and to relics.^(DHLF 1992) The extended sense “to honour to the utmost” appears in Old French for ''aorer'' (about 1165) and in Froissart for ''adorer''.^(DHLF 1992) In lyric poetry the Châtelain de Coucy already used ''aorer'' for loving passionately (late 12th century), a sense ''adorer'' took on in the 16th century (1576).^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) Since the 17th century it has also been used of abstractions and things, as a hyperbole for ''aimer'' (''j'adore le chocolat''); the advertising formula ''vous avez aimé… vous allez adorer'' is a calque of English.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 10th century – “To worship”, ''Passion de Clermont''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1100 – Of idols, ''Chanson de Roland''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * Late 12th century – ''Aorer'' “to love passionately”, the Châtelain de Coucy.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1420 – ''Adorateur''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1576 – ''Adorer'' “to love passionately”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1611 – ''Adorable''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|worship]]: ''adorer Dieu'', ''adorer le veau d'or''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|adore]], love passionately: ''il adore sa fille''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(familiar)'' To love, be very fond of: ''j'adore le chocolat'', ''elle adore danser''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Brûler ce qu'on a adoré'': to turn against what one used to admire.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adorable]]

+ * [[adorablement]]

+ * [[adorateur]]

+ * [[adoration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oraison]]

+ * [[oral]]

+ * [[la|adōrō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}