La place des langues dans le Dictionnaire de Thomas Corneille (1694)

This article reviews the role of foreign languages in the second volume of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (1694), known after Thomas Corneille, who compiled it. This survey has two aims: the metalexicographical analysis on one hand, ascertaining the quantity and diversity of loanwords in the nomenclature, and the analysis of how loanwords were perceived in the 17^th century from the particular point of view of the institution. To do this, the various formulations of the articles on words considered to be loans from various languages are studied and elements which shed light on how these words were perceived in French are highlighted.