exploser French · revision 38603

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1801, Mercier, Néologie|origins=la explōdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɛk.splo.ze/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exploser'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|explosion|-er]]: the verb ending was added to the stem of the noun.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The noun (1581) is [[bor|la|explōsiō|t=driving off by clapping, hissing]], from [[m|la|explōdō|t=to drive off by clapping, hiss off the stage]], formed from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|plaudō|t=to beat, clap]], which also gave [[applaudir]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Rey calls the Latin verb for clapping a word of unknown origin.^(DHLF 1992) The noun had taken the sense “bursting with force” in 1701, a century before the verb.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Mercier records it in his ''Néologie'' (1801), meaning “to burst with force”.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb remained rare until Bescherelle recorded it in 1849, and Larousse in 1906; it spread only at the beginning of the 20th century, especially in figurative uses.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) From the early 20th century it was said of anger and other feelings that break out suddenly, and of a person who cannot contain themselves.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) A literary transitive use, “to let (one's anger) burst out”, appears in Alphonse Daudet at the end of the 19th century, and the slang ''exploser quelqu'un'', “to smash someone, beat someone up”, was noted in 1981.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) The Petit Robert also records the sense “to grow suddenly and widely”, of sales or prices.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1581 – The noun ''explosion'', in medicine.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1701 – ''Explosion'' “bursting with force” (Furetière).^(TLFi)

+ * 1801 – Mercier's ''Néologie'' records ''exploser''.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1849 – Bescherelle records the verb.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1906 – Larousse records it.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Early 20th century – The figurative senses spread.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1981 – Slang ''exploser quelqu'un''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|explode]], burst violently, often throwing out fragments (of a bomb, a shell, gas); ''faire exploser'', to blow up.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Of a feeling: to break out suddenly and violently.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # Of a person: to lose one's temper, burst out, ''exploser de rire'', to burst out laughing.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To grow suddenly and sharply (sales, prices, numbers).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(slang, transitive)'' To smash, beat up (someone).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[explosif]]

+ * [[explosion]]

+ * [[explosible]]

+ * [[applaudir]]

+ * [[la|explōdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}