ensuite French · revision 17301

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1532, letters of Charles V}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.sɥit/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ensuite''' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Still written ''en suite'' in the 17th century.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|en|suite]], written as one word.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) [[suite|alt=Suite]] is the noun of [[suivre]].^(FEW|11, 490b) Wiktionary compares [[es|enseguida]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first recorded in 1532, in letters of Charles V, meaning “later, afterwards”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “behind, following” in space is recorded in 1890, and figuratively it introduces a second point (''d'abord…, ensuite…'').^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The prepositional phrase ''ensuite de'' “after” (1636, Corneille; 1652, Pascal) was banned from fine language by Vaugelas in 1647 but took the sense “in consequence of”, ''ensuite de quoi'' “after which” survives as a literary phrase.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) Francis Jammes used ''l'ensuite'' as a noun, “what comes after”, in 1901.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1532 – First record.^(TLFi)

+ * 1636 – ''Ensuite de'', Corneille.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1647 – Vaugelas condemns ''ensuite de''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1890 – “Behind”, in space.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|then]], [[m|en|afterwards]], later: ''travaillez d'abord, vous vous reposerez ensuite''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

+ # Next, behind (in a sequence or procession): ''venait ensuite le gros du cortège''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # Secondly, besides: ''d'abord je ne veux pas, ensuite je ne peux pas''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(literary)'' ''Ensuite de quoi'': after which.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suite]]

+ * [[suivre]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}