enterrer French · revision 17533

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la terra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.tɛ.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.te.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /ɑ̃.te.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''enterrer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|en-|terre|-er]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|13/1, 249b) Wiktionary instead traces it to Vulgar Latin [[m|la-vul|*interrō|t=to put into the earth]], from [[m|la|terra|t=earth]].^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[oc|enterrar]], [[es|enterrar]] and [[it|interrare]];^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) English [[m|en|inter]] is from the same Latin source.^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the ''Chanson de Roland'' (about 1100) it means to bury the body of a dead person, and to attend the burial: ''A grant honor pois les unt enterrez''.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne'' (about 1140) has it for putting anything in the ground and covering it with earth.^(TLFi) Richelet (1680) records the sense “to shut away in a dull, dreary place”, and Furetière (1690) “to bury under a heap”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ The Académie recorded ''il nous enterrera tous'', “he will outlive us all”, in 1718, and Littré (1864) the joke about a doctor who ''enterre ses malades''.^(GLLF 1989) Figuratively it means to put an end to something or let it drop (''enterrer un scandale''); ''enterrer sa vie de garçon'' is to celebrate one's last night as a bachelor.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – “To bury (the dead)”, in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1140 – “To put in the ground”, in the ''Pèlerinage de Charlemagne''.^(TLFi)

+ * 12th century – The derivative ''enterrement''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1680 – “To shut away”, in Richelet.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – “To bury under a heap”, in Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1718 – “To outlive”, in the Académie.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|bury]] (a dead person); to attend the funeral of: ''il est mort et enterré''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''Il nous enterrera tous'': he will [[m|en|outlive]] us all.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To put in the ground, bury: ''enterrer un trésor''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To drop, shelve, hush up: ''enterrer un projet'', ''enterrer un scandale''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Enterrer sa vie de garçon'': to have a stag party.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''S'enterrer'': to bury oneself away from the world.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[enterrement]]

+ * [[déterrer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terre]]

+ * [[atterrer]]

+ * [[souterrain]]

+ * [[la|terra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}