ramener French · revision 17288

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=first half of the 12th century, Cambridge Psalter|origins=la minor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁa.m(ə).ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ramener'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|rameiner]], [[m|fro|ramener]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|re-|amener]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|6/2, 108a) [[amener|alt=Amener]] is built on [[mener]], from [[la-vul|minō|t=to drive (animals)]], from [[m|la|minor|t=to threaten]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the Cambridge Psalter (first half of the 12th century) it means to bring someone back to a former state: the Lord ''demeine à enfers e rameined'', “leads down to hell and brings back”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ About 1155 Wace uses it for bringing someone back to the place they left, and about 1175 for bringing someone back to a former moral state.^(TLFi) From the 14th century it meant to reduce or simplify (''ramener à''), and the reflexive ''se ramener à'' “to come down to” is recorded by Littré (1869).^(TLFi) Furetière (1690) has the sense of bringing a person or thing back with one.^(TLFi)

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+ Later uses are more familiar: combing one's hair forward over a bald patch (1876), ''la ramener'' and ''ramener sa fraise'' “to put one's oar in, to protest” (1908), and ''se ramener'' “to turn up” (Carco, 1916).^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary) The Petit Robert notes that for things one should use [[rapporter]]: ''je vous rapporte votre argent''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 12th century – ''Rameined'', Cambridge Psalter.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1155 – To bring back to a place, Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 14th century – To reduce, simplify.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – To bring back with one, Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1876 – Combing hair over a bald patch.^(TLFi)

+ * 1908 – ''La ramener'' “to protest”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1916 – ''Se ramener'' “to come”, Carco.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bring back]], take back (someone) to where they were: ''je vais vous ramener chez vous''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring again: ''ramenez-moi le malade''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

+ # To restore, bring back (a state): ''ramener le calme'', ''ramener quelqu'un à la raison''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To reduce: ''ramener un problème à l'essentiel'', ''se ramener à'', to come down to.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To draw back, pull (into place): ''ramener ses cheveux sur le front''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(slang)'' ''La ramener'', ''ramener sa fraise'': to butt in, to protest, ''se ramener'': to turn up.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[amener]]

+ * [[mener]]

+ * [[rapporter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}