rentrer French · revision 17481

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1140, Pèlerinage de Charlemagne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rentrer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|re-|entrer]], already in Old French.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|4, 776a) Bloch and Wartburg note that in the dialects it competes strongly with the simple verb [[entrer]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ About 1140 the ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne'' says of water: ''Rentre enz en son canal'' “it goes back into its channel”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It first meant “to enter again, come back”; the absolute use, “to come home”, is in Molière (1661).^(TLFi) ''Rentrer en grâce'' dates from 1538, ''rentrer en soi'' from Montaigne (1580), ''rentrer dans ses biens'' from the late 16th century.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) From 1690 Furetière records it as a common synonym of ''entrer'', a use that grammarians still criticise.^(TLFi)^(Larousse)

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+ Later senses include ''rentrer en classe'' (1822), ''rentrer dans ses frais'' (1857), money that “comes in” (1798) and slang ''rentrer dedans'' “to crash into, attack” (1900).^(TLFi) Transitively it meant to hide a feeling (''une humeur rentrée'', 1672) and to bring in (''rentrer les bêtes'', 1801).^(TLFi) ''Rentrer'' now takes ''être'' in the intransitive, Molière still wrote ''j'ai rentré''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1140 – ''Rentrer'' in the ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1510 – ''Rentrée''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1538 – ''Rentrer en grâce''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1580 – ''Rentrer en soi'' in Montaigne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1661 – Used absolutely, “to come home”, in Molière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1801 – Transitive, “to bring in (animals)”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1900 – Slang ''rentrer dedans''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come back in, go back in: ''rentrer dans sa chambre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To come or go back home: ''rentrer tard''.^(Le Robert)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To return to a state or activity: ''rentrer dans l'ordre'', ''rentrer en classe''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # To fit in, go into: ''la clé ne rentre pas''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of money, to come in: ''les impôts rentrent mal''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Rentrer dans'': to crash into.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To bring or take in: ''rentrer la voiture''; to hold back: ''rentrer ses larmes''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rentrant]]

+ * [[rentré]]

+ * [[rentrée]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entrer]]

+ * [[retourner]]

+ * [[revenir]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate textile term ''rentrer'', “to repair a tapestry”, is an alteration of ''rentraire'' (1611, Cotgrave).^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}