complet French · revision 17709

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la compleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɔ̃.plɛ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''complet''' (feminine complète, masculine plural complets, feminine plural complètes)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|complētus|t=filled; finished]], the past participle of [[m|la|compleō|t=to fill up; to finish]], formed from [[m|la|com-]] and [[m|la|pleō|t=to fill]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The noun meaning “suit” is short for [[m|fr|habit complet]] or [[m|fr|costume complet]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Cognate with [[es|completo]] and [[it|completo]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Bloch and Wartburg and Rey date it to about 1300; the TLFi's first text is a royal account of Navarre (1367) with ''annee complete'', a full year.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) The word was rare until the 17th century.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It describes what lacks none of its parts, in particular a food or an organism, and, from the 16th century a person who has all the traits of their kind;^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) Benserade's ''fou complet'' (before 1691) shows the pejorative use.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) The noun appears in 1740 (the Académie's ''le complet d'un régiment''), with ''au complet'' in 1823 (Las Cases).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The suit, ''un complet'', is recorded in 1874; the GLLF finds the noun in the middle of the 17th century for a garment with all its pieces.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989) Around 1900 ''complet'' also named a woman's matching outfit.^(BHVF) The sense has aged, as has ''complet-veston''.^(DHLF 1992) Littré records ''être complet'', to be drunk, as familiar.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – First recorded.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1367 – ''Annee complete''.^(TLFi)

+ * Before 1691 – ''Fou complet'', in Benserade.^(TLFi)

+ * 1740 – The noun, in the Académie.^(TLFi)

+ * 1823 – ''Au complet'', in Las Cases.^(TLFi)

+ * 1874 – ''Un complet'', a man's suit.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1895 – A woman's outfit.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|complete|alt=Complete]], lacking none of its parts: ''œuvres complètes'', ''une liste complète''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # Containing all the necessary elements: ''aliment complet'', ''pain complet'', wholemeal bread, ''café complet'', coffee with bread, butter and jam.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Having all the qualities of its kind; [[m|en|all-round]]: ''un athlète complet''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(before the noun)'' Total, utter: ''fou complet''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # [[m|en|full|alt=Full]], with no room left.^(Wiktionary)^(Le Robert)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''Au complet'', ''au grand complet'': with nothing and no one missing.^(Larousse)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''(dated)'' A man's [[m|en|suit]]: jacket, trousers and sometimes waistcoat of the same cloth.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[complètement]]

+ * [[compléter]]

+ * [[incomplet]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[complément]]

+ * [[plein]]

+ * [[la|complētus]]

+ * [[en|complete]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}