invité French · revision 38549

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=14th century (adjective)|origins=la invītō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɛ̃.vi.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''invité''' ''m'' (plural invités, feminine invitée)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[inviter]], used as an adjective and a noun.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) The verb is [[bor|la|invītō|t=to invite, especially to a meal; to encourage]] (1356);^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) the Latin verb is of unknown origin and has been linked with [[m|la|invītus|t=unwilling]].^(DHLF 1992) The Latin verb had given Old French [[m|fro|envier]] by regular change, but that verb was lost beside its homonym, leaving only [[à l'envi]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The participle is used as an adjective from the 14th century.^(GLLF 1989) As a noun it is first found in 1786, in a letter of Madame de Staël: ''la moitié des invités est déjà partie'' “half the guests have already left”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The GLLF and the Petit Robert date the noun only from the early 19th century (Paul-Louis Courier, before 1825), later than the TLFi's 1786.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1356 – The verb ''inviter'' is recorded.^(TLFi)

+ * 14th century – ''Invité'' as an adjective.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1786 – The noun ''les invités'' in Madame de Staël.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|guest]], a person invited to a meal, a party, a ceremony or another event.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Invité de marque'': a distinguished guest.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|invited]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inviter]]

+ * [[invitation]]

+ * [[invite]]

+ * [[convive]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}