cocaïne French · revision 16043

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1856, La Châtre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kɔ.ka.in/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cocaïne''' ''f'' (countable and uncountable, plural cocaïnes)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[coca]] with the suffix [[-ine]],^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) the name of the alkaloid extracted from coca leaves and isolated by Niemann.^(DHLF 1992) “Coca” (1568) is from [[es|coca]], from Quechua or Aymara “kuka”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Maurice La Châtre's dictionary (1856) is the first record.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name of the alkaloid passed by metonymy to the substance prepared from it, used in medicine as a local anaesthetic and as a narcotic.^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) Traffickers and users shortened it to ''coco'' (1912–1922, now dated) and ''coke'', after American English (from 1908).^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) The late 19th century formed ''cocaïnomanie'' and ''cocaïnomane'' (1886), the latter first a doctor who treated with cocaine.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1568 – ''Coca'' in French.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1856 – ''Cocaïne'' in La Châtre.^(TLFi)

+ * 1886 – ''Cocaïnomanie''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1912 – ''Coco''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|cocaine|alt=Cocaine]] (the alkaloid; the drug): ''priser de la cocaïne''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cocaïnomane]]

+ * [[cocaïnomanie]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coca]]

+ * [[coke]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}