trolley

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n./cp. 3 'a wheel attached to a pole etc. used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a vehicle', 4b 'a trolley bus'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian trola 20c 3, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trolley [= English] ... the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French trolley 1920s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German ... ... '...' '...' ...
Hungarian troli [= English] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian trolley < pantografo end19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian cp. introlleybus ... '...' '...' ...
Polish trolej 20c 3, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish trolley/trole [trole] 1920s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); dito ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Bulgarian: trolei, mid20c, via Russian, meaning: 4b, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial); Greek: trolei, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;,