marié French · revision 17511

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1145, Wace|origins=la marītus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ma.ʁje/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''marié''' (feminine mariée, masculine plural mariés, feminine plural mariées)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective and a noun, it is the past participle [[der|fr|marier|t=to marry]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Wace uses it about 1145, in his ''Conception Nostre Dame'', for a person joined by marriage.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun, a person who has married, especially on the wedding day itself, it is found in the 14th century;^(TLFi) the GLLF dates the noun to about 1190.^(GLLF 1989) Robert Estienne records ''nouveau marié'' and ''nouvelle mariée'' in 1538, and Balzac has ''jeune marié'' in 1842.^(GLLF 1989) Oudin records the saying ''se plaindre que la mariée est trop belle'', to complain of something one should be glad of, in 1640.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ By likeness it was applied to things that go together: Corneille has ''rimes mariées'' for rhymes in couplets (1650), and Molière uses it of things in harmony (1670).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1145 – Adjective “married”, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 14th century – Noun “a married person, a bride or bridegroom”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – ''Nouveau marié'', ''nouvelle mariée'', in Robert Estienne.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1640 – ''Se plaindre que la mariée est trop belle'', in Oudin.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1650 – ''Rimes mariées'', in Corneille.^(TLFi)

+ * 1670 – Of things in harmony, in Molière.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|married|alt=Married]]: ''un homme marié'', ''une femme mariée''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''(of things)'' Well matched, in harmony.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who has recently married: ''les jeunes mariés'', the newly-weds.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # A [[m|en|bridegroom]], ''la mariée'', the [[m|en|bride]]: ''robe de mariée''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''Se plaindre que la mariée est trop belle'': to complain about something one should be glad of.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[marier]]

+ * [[mariage]]

+ * [[mari]]

+ * [[la|marītus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}