🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

sortir ensemble

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sortir ɑ̃sɑ̃bl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dating/ˈdeɪ.tɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Ils sortent ensemble depuis six mois."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The activity of regularly going out with someone with whom you have a romantic relationship.

    "They have been dating for six months and decided to make their relationship official."
  2. 2

    The process of determining the age of an object or historical artifact using scientific methods.

    "Carbon dating is essential for accurately determining the age of ancient fossils."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'date' (referring to a specified day of the month), originating from the Latin 'data' (given), which evolved in Old French as 'date' and entered English in the late Middle Ages. The romantic sense emerged in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shifting from the arrangement of a specific time to meet ('make a date') to the social activity of romantic courtship.

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