remuer French · revision 17609

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1100, Chanson de Roland|origins=la mūtō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁə.mɥe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''remuer'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|re-|muer]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) The simple verb continues [[la|mūtō|t=to change]], and in the Middle Ages still had the general sense “to change”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(REW 1935) Littré takes the first sense to be “to change again”, hence “to move”.^(Littré 1873) It absorbed the old [[m|fro|remouvoir]], which then disappeared.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Cognate with [[pro|remudar]], [[es|remudar]] and [[it|rimutare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Chanson de Roland'' uses it for making a change: ''N'avez baron qui jamais la remut'', “you have no baron who would ever change it” (the rearguard).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Linked with [[muer]], the sense “to change” was usual until the 16th century, with ''remuer son habit'', to change one's clothes (1174–1176), and “to exchange” (1130–1140), before giving way to [[changer]].^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The sense “to set in motion” appears about 1131–1135 in ''ne remüer ne les mains ne les piez'', which lives on in ''ne remuer ni pied ni patte'' (before 1660).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The intransitive use for living beings dates from about 1175, ''se remuer'' “to bestir oneself” from 1668.^(DHLF 1992) About 1270 it meant to stir, move someone, and in the 17th century to stir up sedition (1607).^(DHLF 1992) ''Remuer la terre'' is in the 15th century, ''remuer l'argent à la pelle'' at the end of the 17th, and ''remue-ménage'' from the 17th century.^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 1131 – “To move (hands and feet)”.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – Intransitive “to move”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1270 – “To stir (the feelings)”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * Early 15th century – ''Remuer la terre''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Before 1660 – ''Ne remuer ni pied ni patte'', in Scarron.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1668 – ''Se remuer''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To move something, shift its position: ''remuer sa chaise'', ''objet lourd à remuer''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To move a part of the body: ''remuer les lèvres'', ''remuer la queue'', ''ne pas remuer le petit doigt'', not to lift a finger.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To [[m|en|stir|alt=stir]], turn over: ''remuer la salade'', ''remuer la terre'', ''remuer des braises''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To move someone's feelings; to stir up memories.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To move, fidget.^(Larousse)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Se remuer'': to move about, ''(familiar)'' to get moving, make an effort.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Remuer ciel et terre'': to move heaven and earth, ''remuer le couteau dans la plaie'': to twist the knife in the wound.^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remuant]]

+ * [[remuement]]

+ * [[remue-ménage]]

+ * [[remuable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[muer]]

+ * [[mutation]]

+ * [[la|mūtō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}