réunion French · revision 17587

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1468, Louis XI|origins=la ūniō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁe.y.njɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''réunion''' ''f'' (plural réunions)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[réunir]] on the model of [[union]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992) The verb, recorded from 1475, is formed [[af|fr|ré-|unir]],^(TLFi) and [[unir]] is [[bor|la|ūniō|t=to unite]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Louis XI uses it in a letter of 14 October 1468 for an agreement or reconciliation; in a letter of 1477 he uses it for the joining of a territory to the crown.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first common use was political: the joining of a fief or province to a State, as in the ''chambres de réunion'' of Louis XIV (1679–1684), which annexed lands to France, and the island of Bourbon, renamed ''la Réunion''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) From 1549 it meant bringing back together things that had been separated, and, from 1587 a reconciliation of people.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) Since the 18th century it has also meant gathering scattered things (1771) and people who come together.^(DHLF 1992) The sense “gathering of people, meeting” is found in 1791 in Madame de Staël, after its use before 1790 in the name of a masonic lodge;^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) ''réunion publique'' is recorded in 1870.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The jocular ''réunionite'', the habit of holding too many meetings, was formed in the middle of the 20th century.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1468 – “Reconciliation”, in a letter of Louis XI.^(TLFi)

+ * 1477 – “Annexation” of a territory.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1549 – Robert Estienne records it for putting things back together.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1679–1684 – The ''chambres de réunion'' of Louis XIV.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1791 – A gathering of people, in Madame de Staël.^(TLFi)

+ * 1870 – ''Réunion publique''.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of putting together things that were separate or scattered: ''la réunion des pièces d'un dossier''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # The [[m|en|annexation]] of a territory to another or to a State: ''la réunion de la Lorraine à la France''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # The gathering of people in one place for a purpose: ''réunion d'anciens élèves''.^(Larousse)

+ # A [[m|en|meeting]], and the time it lasts: ''être en réunion'', ''salle de réunion''.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The [[m|en|union]] of sets.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[réunionite]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[réunir]]

+ * [[union]]

+ * [[unir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}