noter French · revision 38599

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1121–1134, Philippe de Thaon, Bestiaire|origins=la nōscō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /nɔ.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''noter'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|notō|t=to mark; to write down; to designate; to brand with censure]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|7, 198a) a derivative of [[m|la|nota|t=mark, sign]], which gave [[note]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Rey derives the Latin noun from [[m|la|nōscō|t=to get to know]], the source of [[connaître]].^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg first record both the noun and the verb as terms of music, in the 12th century.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[pro|notar]], [[es|notar]] and [[it|notare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Philippe de Thaon's ''Bestiaire'' (1121–1134) it means “to be the sign of, to designate, signify”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Most of its other senses appear in the 12th century: keeping something in mind (1155, Wace), noticing (about 1160), perceiving or seeing (about 1170, Chrétien de Troyes) and setting down in writing (1174–1176, Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence), whence “to treat of” (1188) and “to comment on” (1205–1250).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The sense “to make known” (1188) was taken over by [[notifier]].^(DHLF 1992) In music it meant “to sing, accompany” (1165), then “to set to music” (1175).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Like the noun, it moved from a legal sense, “to accuse” (''De cöardise l'a noté'', ''Eneas'', about 1160, ''noter d'infamie'', 1549), to the neutral modern sense of giving a mark or grade (1855).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Marking in a text what one wants to remember is recorded by Estienne in 1538.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The adverb [[notamment]] (15th century) comes from the present participle ''notant''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1121–1134 – Philippe de Thaon: “to signify”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1155 – Wace: “to keep in mind”.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1160 – ''Eneas'': “to notice”, ''noter de'' “to accuse of”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1165 – In music, “to sing”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1174–1176 – “To set down in writing”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1538 – Estienne: to mark what one wants to remember.^(TLFi)

+ * 1549 – ''Noter d'infamie''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1855 – To give a mark or grade.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To mark (a passage, an item) with a sign; to [[m|en|tick]], underline.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # To write down so as to remember, to [[m|en|jot down]]: ''noter le nom d'une rue''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # To pay attention to, to [[m|en|notice]], ''notez que…'', please note that….^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give a mark or [[m|en|grade]] to (a pupil, a piece of work, an employee).^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To write down (music) in notes.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' To [[m|en|denote]].^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(old)'' ''Noter d'infamie'': to brand with disgrace.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[notamment]]

+ * [[notateur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[annoter]]

+ * [[connoter]]

+ * [[dénoter]]

+ * [[note]]

+ * [[notation]]

+ * [[notifier]]

+ * [[la|notō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}