présenter French · revision 17305

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 880, Séquence de sainte Eulalie|origins=la praesēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pʁe.zɑ̃.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''présenter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|praesentō|t=to make present; to offer]], a word of the Imperial period, from [[m|la|praesēns|t=present]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|9, 308b) Bloch and Wartburg call the Latin verb Late Latin.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary notes that it can also be analysed within French as [[présent]] with “-er”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|presentar]], [[es|presentar]] and [[it|presentare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is one of the oldest French words: in the ''Sequence of Saint Eulalia'' (about 880) the saint ''fut presentede Maximiien'', brought before the emperor Maximian.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the start it meant to bring a person into another's presence, and, from about 1050 to put a thing before someone (''Life of Saint Alexis'').^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Later medieval uses were to submit for judgement (Marie de France, about 1170), to express (1188) and to bring to mind (about 1200); the reflexive meant to appear (1080) and to offer oneself (about 1170).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Most of its modern senses were fixed by the end of the 16th century: to propose someone for a post (1599), to describe in a certain way (Montaigne, 1588), to turn in a direction (1538), to display goods for sale (1567) and to bring a work before the public (1561, common from the 19th century).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) Military ''présenter les armes'' dates from 1753, and proposing a candidate for an election from 1857 (Tocqueville).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) Informally ''présenter bien'' means to make a good impression.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 880 – ''Presentede'', in the ''Sequence of Saint Eulalia''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1050 – To put a thing before someone.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1170 – To submit for judgement, Marie de France.^(TLFi)

+ * 1561 – To bring a work before the public, Ronsard.^(TLFi)

+ * 1599 – To propose someone for a post.^(TLFi)

+ * 1753 – ''Présenter les armes''.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1857 – To put forward a candidate, Tocqueville.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|introduce]] (a person to another): ''je vous présente mon frère''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To [[m|en|offer]], hold out: ''présenter un plat, la main''.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

+ # To show, submit for examination: ''présenter son billet, ses papiers''.^(Larousse)

+ # To set out, expound; to describe in a certain way: ''présenter un projet''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To bring before the public; to [[m|en|host]] (a programme): ''présenter le journal''.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To have, show (a feature): ''présenter des avantages''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(familiar, intransitive)'' ''Présenter bien, mal'': to make a good or bad impression.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se présenter'': to introduce oneself; to appear, turn up; to arise (of a problem); to stand as a candidate.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[présentable]]

+ * [[présentateur]]

+ * [[présentation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[présentoir]]

+ * [[représentatif]]

+ * [[représentation]]

+ * [[représenter]]

+ * [[la|praesentō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}