rapidement French · revision 17600

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1611, Cotgrave|origins=la rapidus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁa.pid.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rapidement'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|rapide|-ment]].^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005) It took the place of Old and Middle French [[m|fro|radement]], recorded from about 1225 and formed on [[m|fro|rade]], the inherited popular counterpart of [[rapide]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The adjective is [[bor|la|rapidus]], from [[m|la|rapiō|t=to seize, carry away]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cotgrave's French–English dictionary of 1611 is the first to record it.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The older ''radement'' appears in the 13th century in Henri de Valenciennes, of a deep river that “couroit trop radement” (ran very fast).^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its meaning has stayed close to that of the adjective: moving at great speed, or happening in a short time.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) In the classical period it could also mean “cruelly, violently”, from the idea of passions carried away in a rush; this sense has been lost.^(DHLF 1992) In the 20th century familiar French formed ''rapidos'' (1928) and the jocular ''rapido-presto'', after Italian tempo marks.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1225 – The older adverb ''radement'' in ''Durmart le Gallois''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – ''Rapidement'' recorded by Cotgrave.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1694 – Recorded by the Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1928 – The familiar ''rapidos''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|quickly|alt=Quickly]], at great [[m|en|speed]]: ''partir rapidement''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # In a short time, without delay: ''agir rapidement'', ''parcourir rapidement le journal''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rapide]]

+ * [[rapidité]]

+ * [[rapidos]]

+ * [[la|rapidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}