allié French · revision 17513

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.lje/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''allié''' (feminine alliée, masculine plural alliés, feminine plural alliées)^(Wiktionary)

+ Recorded as ''alliiet'' in 1316.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grand Robert and the Petit Robert date the form ''alliiet'' to 1316; the GLLF finds the word in Jean le Bel's chronicle, about 1356.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The legal sense “related by marriage” is recorded from 1536–1539.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) The plural ''les Alliés'', with a capital, came to mean the powers allied against Germany in the two world wars of the 20th century;^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) the Grand Robert also uses it of the powers that fought Napoleon I and restored the Bourbons.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ In 1823 theatre slang called hired applauders ''alliés'', beside ''Romains''.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1316 – ''Alliiet''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * c. 1356 – Jean le Bel's chronicle.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1536 – ''Allié'' in the sense “related by marriage”.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1823 – Theatre slang for a member of a hired claque.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Joined by a [[m|en|treaty]] of [[alliance]]: ''les pays alliés''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''(history)'' Of the Allies in the two world wars: ''le commandement allié''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(law)'' Related by marriage: ''une famille alliée aux Bourbons''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|ally]], a country bound by an alliance, ''les Alliés'', the Allies of the world wars.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # A person who gives another support or takes their side.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(law)'' A relative by [[m|en|marriage]]: ''les parents et alliés''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[allier]]

+ * [[alliance]]

+ * [[la|alligō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}