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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la pausō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.po/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repos''' ''m'' (uncountable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a deverbal noun [[der|fr|reposer|t=to rest]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873) The verb, Old French [[m|fro|reposer]], continues Late Latin [[m|la-lat|repausō]], from [[m|la|pausō|t=to halt, cease]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[ca|repòs]], [[it|riposo]], [[es|reposo]], [[pt|repouso]] and [[ro|repaus]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Chanson de Roland'' says that the great land would remain ''en repos'', at peace, free of troubles.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ About 1120 Benedeit's ''Voyage de saint Brendan'' uses it for the rest of the soul in paradise, and about 1160 the ''Roman d'Énéas'' for a person's rest after effort.^(TLFi) In the 15th century Froissart used it for a cradle.^(Littré 1873) ''Repos éternel'' is recorded in 1561.^(TLFi) A field left uncultivated is ''en repos'' from 1564.^(TLFi) Descartes in 1647 gives the physical sense, absence of movement.^(TLFi) Boileau in 1668 uses it for a caesura or pause in a line of verse, and Miège in 1688 for the effect of a cadence in music.^(TLFi) ''Repos hebdomadaire'', the weekly day off, appears in Larousse in 1949.^(GLLF 1989) Mountaineers used it from 1902 for a small rock ledge.^(BHVF) ''Repos !'', “stand at ease!”, is a military command.^(Littré 1873)^(Le Robert)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – “Peace” in the ''Chanson de Roland''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1120 – The rest of the soul, in the ''Voyage de saint Brendan''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1160 – A person's rest, in ''Énéas''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1564 – A field left fallow.^(TLFi)

+ * 1647 – Absence of movement, in Descartes.^(TLFi)

+ * 1668 – A pause in verse, in Boileau.^(TLFi)

+ * 1949 – ''Repos hebdomadaire''.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|rest|alt=Rest]], the state of someone who has stopped working or moving: ''prendre du repos'', ''un repos bien mérité''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A time off work: ''jour de repos'', ''repos hebdomadaire'', ''être de repos''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # Absence of movement, immobility: ''muscle au repos''.^(Larousse)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(literary)'' Sleep: ''être respectueux du repos des autres''.^(Larousse)

+ # ''(literary)'' Peace of mind, [[m|en|tranquillity]]: ''sans repos ni trêve'', ''le repos éternel'', the rest of the dead.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # A pause in a line of verse or a piece of music.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(military)'' ''Repos !'': stand at ease!^(Littré 1873)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''Maison de repos'': a convalescent home.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reposer]]

+ * [[pause]]

+ * [[poser]]

+ * [[en|repose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}