impression French · revision 17242

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1259|origins=la imprimō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impression''' ''f'' (plural impressions)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|impressiō|t=a pressing into; impact, attack; impression on the mind]], from “impressum”, the supine of [[m|la|imprimō|t=to press into, imprint]] (whence [[imprimer]]).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|4, 602b) Bloch and Wartburg point to the philosophical Latin sense “impression on the senses”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in a charter of 1259 from the Haute-Marne, for the mark left by a body pressed on a surface.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Jean de Meun (1269–78) already uses it for the effect a cause produces in the mind; this sense lapsed and was taken up again in 1630 (Malherbe).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In 1359 it meant constraint, pressure exerted on someone, a sense now lost.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) With the coming of printing it named the act of printing a book (1475), the printed product (1497) and an edition (1500), and later fabric printing (1723).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ In the 17th century it developed its modern psychological senses: ''faire impression'' (Rotrou, 1639), ''faire bonne, mauvaise impression'' (1669), and a vague, immediate perception of someone or something (Pascal).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Avoir l'impression de'' is in the Goncourts (1856).^(TLFi) The derivative [[impressionner]] (1741) gave in turn [[impressionniste]] (1874), coined mockingly by the critic Leroy after Monet's painting ''Impression''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1259 – “Imprint”.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1269–78 – An effect on the mind, Jean de Meun.^(TLFi)

+ * 1475 – The printing of books.^(TLFi)

+ * 1588 – “Action of one body on another”, Montaigne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1639 – ''Faire impression'', Rotrou.^(TLFi)

+ * 1723 – Fabric printing.^(TLFi)

+ * 1741 – ''Impressionner''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1856 – ''Avoir l'impression de''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1874 – ''Impressionniste''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|impression]], feeling: ''une impression de sécurité'', ''avoir l'impression que''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A first impression, opinion: ''faire bonne impression'', ''quelle est votre impression?''^(Larousse)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # [[m|en|printing]]: ''l'impression d'un livre'', ''impression sur tissu''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # A print, printout.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(dated)'' An imprint, mark: ''l'impression des pas''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impressionner]]

+ * [[impressionnant]]

+ * [[impressionnable]]

+ * [[impressionnisme]]

+ * [[impressionniste]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[empreindre]]

+ * [[imprimer]]

+ * [[imprimerie]]

+ * [[imprimante]]

+ * [[imprimable]]

+ * [[empreinte]]

+ * [[expression]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}