vu French · revision 17579

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=12th century|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /vy/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vu''' (feminine vue, masculine plural vus, feminine plural vues); as a preposition invariable^(Wiktionary)^(Larousse)

+ Old French ''veü'', written ''veu'' (12th century); ''vu'' from the 14th century.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) The Académie wrote ''veu'' in 1694, ''vû'' in 1740 and ''vu'' from 1762.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[voir]], [[inh|fro|veü]], earlier [[m|fro|vedüt]], perhaps from a Vulgar Latin [[m|la-vul|*vidūtus]] that replaced classical [[la|vīsus]].^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi) The verb continues [[m|la|videō|t=to see]].^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[it|veduto]] and [[ro|văzut]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ As an adjective it is found from the 12th century for what is perceived by the eye and, from the same time, for what is understood.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun appears in the phrase ''au veü dou monde'' “in sight of the world” in the ''Ovide moralisé'' (1316–1328), and ''au veu et sceu de'' “seen and known by” in 1510.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) In Middle French the participle became a preposition, “considering, in view of” (1480, Coquillart), and ''veyut que'' “seeing that” is recorded in Liège in 1421.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Furetière in 1690 records the legal uses: ''vu'' “having examined” before the documents of a case, and ''le vu'', the list of documents produced.^(TLFi) Molière has ''bien vu'' “well thought of” in 1655,^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) ''c'est tout vu'' “that's settled” goes back to 1606,^(DHLF 1992) and ''ni vu ni connu'' is found in 1783 and is quoted from Béranger before 1834.^(BHVF)^(GLLF 1989) ''Du déjà vu'', something lacking novelty, dates from 1938.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – ''Veü'', seen and understood.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1316–1328 – ''Au veü dou monde'', in the ''Ovide moralisé''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1421 – ''Veyut que'' “seeing that”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1480 – The preposition, in Coquillart.^(TLFi)

+ * 1510 – ''Au veu et sceu de''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1655 – ''Bien vu'', in Molière.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1690 – Legal uses recorded by Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1783 – ''Ni vu ni connu''.^(BHVF)

+ * 1938 – ''Du déjà vu''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Seen, perceived by the eye: ''un spectacle vu de loin'', ''ni vu ni connu'', without anyone knowing.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # Understood: ''c'est bien vu ?'', ''(familiar)'' ''bien vu !'', a shrewd remark, ''c'est tout vu'', the matter is settled.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Bien vu'', ''mal vu'': well or badly regarded: ''des employés bien vus de leur patron''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Preposition===

+ # [[m|en|considering|alt=Considering]], given: ''vu les circonstances, il vaut mieux attendre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(law)'' Having examined: ''vu la loi''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Vu que'': since, seeing that.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''Au vu et au su de tous'': openly, in full view.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''Au vu de'', ''sur le vu de'': on seeing, after examining.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''Du déjà vu'': something unoriginal.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[m'as-tu-vu]]

+ * [[déjà-vu]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voir]]

+ * [[vue]]

+ * [[la|videō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}