trésor French · revision 17611

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1050, Vie de saint Alexis|origins=grc θησαυρός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /tʁe.zɔʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trésor''' ''m'' (plural trésors)^(Wiktionary)

+ The Académie wrote ''thresor'' in 1694 and 1718, ''trésor'' from 1740.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|thēsaurus|t=treasure; storehouse]], from [[grc|θησαυρός|tr=thēsaurós|t=storehouse; treasure]], with ⟨té-⟩ altered to ⟨tré-⟩.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) The origin of the ⟨r⟩ in the first syllable is not explained;^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) Littré took it as an inserted sound, as in [[fronde]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) Wiktionary posits a Gallo-Roman variant [[m|la-vul|*tresaurus]].^(Wiktionary) The Romance forms are borrowed rather than inherited, as the meaning shows.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992) The origin of the Greek word is unknown; the proposed analyses are judged fragile.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) It displaced Old French [[m|fro|escat|t=treasure]], from [[frk|*skatt]].^(Wiktionary) The learned [[thésaurus]] is its doublet.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Vie de saint Alexis'' (about 1050) uses ''tresors'' for the wealth of a ruler: ''De lur tresors prenent l'or e l'argent''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Early in the 12th century it meant a store of precious things (about 1112) and the place where they are kept (1135), notably the treasure of an abbey or a church.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) It named the archives of a lordship (about 1175, ''trésor des chartes'', 1334).^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873) From about 1130 it also meant anything precious, including a dear person;^(DHLF 1992)^(BHVF) ''mon trésor'' as an endearment is found in 1579, earlier than the TLFi's 1821.^(DHLF 1992)^(BHVF) Joinville (late 13th century) uses it for the royal treasury, and ''le Trésor public'' is in Montesquieu (1748).^(GLLF 1989) The Civil Code defines a ''trésor'' as something hidden found by chance with no provable owner.^(Petit Robert 2007) Borrowed by English as ''treasure'' in the 13th century.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1050 – A ruler's wealth, in the ''Vie de saint Alexis''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1112 – A store of precious things.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1135 – The place where they are kept.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1334 – Archives.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1579 – ''Mon cher thresor'', an endearment.^(BHVF)

+ * 1740 – The spelling ''trésor'' in the Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1748 – ''Le Trésor public'', in Montesquieu.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|treasure|alt=treasure]], a hoard of precious things, often hidden: ''découvrir un trésor'', ''chasse au trésor''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # ''(law)'' A hidden object found by chance, whose owner cannot be proved.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(in the plural)'' Great riches: ''les trésors de l'océan''.^(Larousse)^(Le Robert)

+ # Something very precious: ''la santé est un trésor''.^(Larousse)

+ # ''(familiar)'' A delightful person, ''mon trésor'', my darling.^(Larousse)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # The treasure of a church: its relics and precious objects, and the room where they are kept.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

+ # ''Le Trésor'', ''le Trésor public'': the [[m|en|treasury|alt=Treasury]], the State's finances.^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trésorier]]

+ * [[trésorerie]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[thésaurus]]

+ * [[thésauriser]]

+ * [[la|thēsaurus]]

+ * [[en|treasure]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}