blessé French · revision 17599

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1155|origins=frk *blettjan}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /blɛ.se/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /ble.se/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''blessé''' (feminine blessée, masculine plural blessés, feminine plural blessées)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle, used as an adjective and a noun, [[der|fr|blesser|t=to wound]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) The verb, first written [[m|fro|blecier]] and [[m|fro|blecer]], comes through a Gallo-Romance [[m|la-vul|*blettio|t=to bruise]] from [[frk|*blettjan]], formed on a noun matching [[goh|bleizza|t=bruise, scar of a wound]].^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Its original sense “to bruise” survives in dialects and in [[blet]] “overripe”; the sense “to wound” replaced the older [[navrer]].^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The adjective is recorded about 1155, for someone who has received a wound.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The noun, a wounded person, dates from the 16th century, and is common in the plural for the victims of a war or an accident (''un mort et trois blessés'').^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) The figurative sense, hurt in one's feelings, follows that of the verb, which had meant “to pain, offend” since 1176: ''blessé dans son amour-propre'', ''un cœur blessé''.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) Littré still recorded ''avoir le cerveau blessé'', not to be in one's right mind.^(Littré 1873) ''Un grand blessé'' is a seriously wounded person, and ''un blessé léger'' or ''grave'' qualifies the wound rather than the person, a use the Petit Robert calls criticized.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1155 – The adjective ''blessé''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 16th century – The noun, a wounded person.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|wounded|alt=Wounded]], [[m|en|injured]]: ''soldats blessés'', ''blessé au bras''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Hurt, [[m|en|offended]]: ''blessé dans son orgueil''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A wounded or injured person: ''les blessés de guerre'', ''un grand blessé''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[blesser]]

+ * [[blessure]]

+ * [[blessant]]

+ * [[blet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}