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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.ti.lɔp/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''antilope''' ''f'' (plural antilopes)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ In its modern sense it is [[bor|en|antelope]] (1607 in this sense),^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)^(FEW|24, 646b) itself borrowed from Old French [[m|fro|antelop]], the name of a fabulous animal,^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007) from [[la-med|anthalopus]] (11th century), from Byzantine Greek “anthálops”, a word taken from an unidentified language.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary) Rey notes that the Greek word occurs in a commentary on Basil of Caesarea's “Hexaemeron”.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ Old French had “antule” (about 1200), and Brunetto Latini “antelu” and “antelop” (13th century), for this fabulous creature.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ An isolated ''antilope'' is recorded in 1622;^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) the word reappears in 1751 (Klein) and 1754 under the influence of English.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It spread with the European knowledge of Africa, for the slender, long-horned ruminants of tropical regions.^(DHLF 1992) Zoologists distinguished many kinds in the 19th century (''antilope chevaline'', ''antilope noire'', 1841), and African French uses names such as ''antilope-cheval'' and ''antilope royale''.^(DHLF 1992) The derivatives ''antilopidés'' (1861) and ''antilopinés'' (1892) are zoological terms.^(DHLF 1992) About 1903 ''antilope'' was also the name of a shade of brown.^(BHVF)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1200 – Old French ''antule'', a fabulous beast.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 13th century – ''Antelop'' in Brunetto Latini.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1607 – English ''antelope'' for the animal.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
+ * 1622 – An isolated ''antilope''.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1751 – The modern word.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)
+ * 1861 – ''Antilopidés''.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An [[m|en|antelope]], a slender ruminant of Africa and Asia with hollow, often lyre-shaped horns.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[gazelle]]
+ * [[en|antelope]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}