apporter French · revision 17345

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 10th century, Vie de saint Léger (aporter)|origins=la portō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.pɔʁ.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apporter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|apportō|t=to bring, carry to]], an early borrowing first written “aporter”, formed from [[m|la|ad-]] and [[m|la|portō|t=to carry]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|25, 46a) Bloch and Wartburg simply give it as from the Latin verb.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The other main Romance languages have the same word: [[it|apportare]], [[ca|aportar]], [[es|aportar]] and [[pt|aportar]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the ''Vie de saint Léger'' (late 10th century).^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) The ''Chanson de Roland'' has ''De Saragoce vous aporte les clefs'' (“I bring you the keys of Saragossa”) and uses it for bringing news: ''Males nouveles il lui aporte''.^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Beside the concrete sense it took the Latin meaning “to pass on, communicate” (1080) and, about 1230, “to cause, make available”, and also “to produce”, a sense later taken by ''rapporter''.^(DHLF 1992) ''Apporte !'', said to a dog, is recorded in 1675, ''apporter du soin à'' “to put care into” in 1595, and ''apporter une dot'' “to bring a dowry” in 1668.^(DHLF 1992) In 20th-century slang ''s'apporter'' meant “to turn up”.^(BHVF)

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+ It was borrowed as [[de|apportieren]], of a dog fetching.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 10th century – ''Aporter'' in the ''Vie de saint Léger''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1080 – “To pass on (news)”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1230 – “To cause, provide”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1595 – ''Apporter du soin à''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1668 – ''Apporter une dot''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1675 – ''Apporte !'' to a dog.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1922 – Slang ''s'apporter'' “to turn up”.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bring]] something to where someone is: ''apportez-le-moi''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To bring along with one: ''apportez vos outils'', ''le facteur apporte le courrier''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # (of things) To carry along: ''le vent m'apportait leurs chants''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # To [[m|en|contribute]] one's share; to provide (money, a dowry): ''apporter sa pierre à l'édifice''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To supply (evidence, explanations): ''apporter des preuves''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To bring about, cause: ''apporter un changement'', ''apporter un soulagement''.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To put (care, effort) into: ''apporter du soin à son travail''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apport]]

+ * [[apporteur]]

+ * [[rapporter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[porter]]

+ * [[amener]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Apporter'' is used for things and ''amener'' for people: ''apporter quelque chose et amener quelqu'un''.^(Le Robert)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}