mariage French · revision 17247

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1135, Couronnement de Louis|origins=la marītus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ma.ʁjaʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mariage''' ''m'' (plural mariages)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|marier|-age]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary) [[marier]] is from [[la|marītō|t=to marry, give in marriage]], from [[m|la|marītus|t=husband]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Littré cites [[la-med|maritaticum]] in a text of 1062.^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[pro|maridatge]], [[es|maridaje]] and [[it|maritaggio]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Couronnement de Louis'' (about 1135) ''mariage'' is the sacrament of the Church that sanctifies the union of man and woman, Wace (about 1145) uses it for the lawful union and the act of marrying: ''par mariage s'asemblerent''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 12th century it also meant each spouse's contribution, the dowry (1160–74), a sense the AND records for Anglo-Norman as well.^(TLFi)^(AND) By the late 15th century it named married life, and in Corneille (1643) the wedding ceremony, Bossuet uses it for the union of a soul with God.^(TLFi) Figuratively, Montaigne (1588) speaks of ''un tres-convenable mariage du plaisir avec la necessité'', a combination of things.^(BHVF)^(TLFi) Rabelais (1534) lists a game of cards called ''mariage'', and sailors used it for the joining of two ropes (1773).^(TLFi) Phrases include ''contrat de mariage'' (1690), ''mariage d'argent'' (1830), ''mariage blanc'' (early 20th century) and ''le mariage de la carpe et du lapin'' (1934) for an ill-assorted union.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1135 – The sacrament, ''Couronnement de Louis''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1145 – The union of man and wife, Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 1160–74 – “Dowry”, Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * Second half of the 15th century – Married life.^(TLFi)

+ * 1588 – “Combination”, Montaigne.^(BHVF)

+ * 1643 – The wedding, Corneille.^(TLFi)

+ * 1804 – ''Acte de mariage'', Civil Code.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|marriage]], the legal union of two people: ''mariage civil'', ''religieux'', ''demander en mariage''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|wedding]]: ''aller à un mariage''.^(Wiktionary)^(Larousse)

+ # Married life: ''vingt ans de mariage''.^(Larousse)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A combination, blend: ''le mariage de deux couleurs''.^(TLFi)^(BHVF)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[marier]]

+ * [[mari]]

+ * [[remariage]]

+ * [[la|marītus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}