EuroLex/E/Game Boy

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: proper noun 'a hand-held electronic device with a small screen, used to play cartridge computer games'


(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 ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch Game Boy [= English] 1980s the same as in English, see above; status: restricted use: technical dito DEA*
English Game Boy (trademark) 1980s see above dito [1]
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish Game Boy [= English] 1980s the same as in English, see above; status: restricted use: technical dito DEA*
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Game Boy [= English] 1980s the same as in English, see above; status: restricted use: technical dito DEA*
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian Game Boy [= English] 1990s the same as in English, see above; status: fully accepted but still marked as English dito DEA*
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian Game Boy [= English] end20c the same as in English, see above; status: restricted use: technical dito DEA*
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish Game Boy [= English] 1990s the same as in English, see above; status: restricted use: technical, modish dito DEA*
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.
  • Information on Other Languages: Romanian: only in youth language; Greek: Game Boy [= English] with English spelling using the Roman alphabet, 1990s, status: restricted use: technical, youth language, modish,