igloo English · revision 1891

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɪɡ.luː/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is borrowed from an Inuit (Eskimo) word ''iglu'' “house, dwelling”;^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) compare [[kl|igdlo|t=house]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An Inuit dome-shaped hut, especially one built of blocks of hard snow (1662 in the OED, but 1824, in Canadian English, in Barnhart and Etymonline).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sources date the word variously: 1856 in Merriam-Webster and 1855–60 in Random House.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Merriam-Webster notes that a permanent igloo may be built of sod, wood or stone.^(MW Collegiate) By 1956 the word was applied to any small dome-shaped building or structure,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) including military stores for rockets and munitions.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1662 – the Inuit dwelling (OED).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1824 – Canadian English (Barnhart, Etymonline).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1956 – any dome-shaped structure.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[Inuit]] dwelling, especially a dome-shaped winter house built of blocks of packed [[snow]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A dome-shaped structure or building.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A hollow made by a [[seal]] in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[kayak]]

+ * [[anorak]]

+ * [[parka]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}