événementn.

Brit.

/ˌeɪvɛnˈmɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌeɪvɛnˈmɑn/

Forms: 1500s euenementes (plural), 1600s–1700s 1900s– evenement, 1800s évènement, 1900s– événement.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French evenement.

Etymology: < Middle French evenement event, occurrence (a1420; French événement ) < esvenir , evenir to happen (see evene v.) + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier event n. and later evene v.

Now chiefly in French contexts.

An occurrence, an event; (in later use) esp. one which is particularly noteworthy or significant. Also: †an outcome, a result (obsolete).In later use (in plural) frequently with reference to the student demonstrations, general strikes, and civil unrest which occurred in France in May 1968.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event

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1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 42^v Thaccidents of this worlde,..accordynge thoccurrance and euenementes of tymes [Fr. les occurrences], do expose argumentes of mirthe or sorow.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 241 Hee feined to turn this evenement [Fr. euenement] into Laughter.

1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. i. i. 6 A Providence..which disposes of all evenements [Fr. euenements] of things agreeably to his will.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 524 God..contemplates..in his own wil the efficient of al future evenements.

1749 W. Douglass Summary First Planting Brit. Settlem. N.-Amer. I. 338 I shall give some short account of Evenements in the Northern Parts of North America.

1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. i. 10 Such an évènement puts the besiegers to flight.

1885 J. Bradshaw Dedham Park III. vii. 226 Such an évènement was more than Dobree had bargained for.

1988 Third Way May 11/3 A key factor in the ‘événements’ in Paris was the disillusionment of young people with the efficacy of the political process.

1989 Times 25 July 13/3 By restoring much of the original Shakespearean text, he created an événement, a true theatrical event.

2009 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 28/2 The événements of 1968 had demolished some of France's cherished delusions about itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	événement
释义	événementn. Brit. /ˌeɪvɛnˈmɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌeɪvɛnˈmɑn/ Forms: 1500s euenementes (plural), 1600s–1700s 1900s– evenement, 1800s évènement, 1900s– événement. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French evenement. Etymology: < Middle French evenement event, occurrence (a1420; French événement ) < esvenir , evenir to happen (see evene v.) + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier event n. and later evene v. Now chiefly in French contexts. An occurrence, an event; (in later use) esp. one which is particularly noteworthy or significant. Also: †an outcome, a result (obsolete).In later use (in plural) frequently with reference to the student demonstrations, general strikes, and civil unrest which occurred in France in May 1968. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event weird971 redeOE thingOE limpc1200 casea1250 tidingc1275 timinga1325 being?c1400 incident?1462 advenement1490 occurrent1523 accidenta1525 occurrence1539 affair1550 event1554 happening1561 événement1567 success1588 betide1590 circumstance1592 arrivage1603 eveniency1660 occurrency1671 betider1674 befalling1839 whet1849 intermezzo1851 transpiration1908 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 42^v Thaccidents of this worlde,..accordynge thoccurrance and euenementes of tymes [Fr. les occurrences], do expose argumentes of mirthe or sorow. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 241 Hee feined to turn this evenement [Fr. euenement] into Laughter. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. i. i. 6 A Providence..which disposes of all evenements [Fr. euenements] of things agreeably to his will. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 524 God..contemplates..in his own wil the efficient of al future evenements. 1749 W. Douglass Summary First Planting Brit. Settlem. N.-Amer. I. 338 I shall give some short account of Evenements in the Northern Parts of North America. 1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. i. 10 Such an évènement puts the besiegers to flight. 1885 J. Bradshaw Dedham Park III. vii. 226 Such an évènement was more than Dobree had bargained for. 1988 Third Way May 11/3 A key factor in the ‘événements’ in Paris was the disillusionment of young people with the efficacy of the political process. 1989 Times 25 July 13/3 By restoring much of the original Shakespearean text, he created an événement, a true theatrical event. 2009 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 28/2 The événements of 1968 had demolished some of France's cherished delusions about itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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