tape

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 3 ' a strip of opaque or transparent paper or plastic etc. coated with adhesive for fastening, sticking, etc.', 4a 'a long narrow flexible material with magnetic properties used for recording sound or pictures or data', 4b 'a length, reel, or cassette of this'


(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 ... 1960s 3, 4a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English '...' ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish teippi mid20c 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tape [te:p] < Tonband 1970s 4b, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete '...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tape [= English] < nastro 1970s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tape/teip [tæip]; < 3: limband; 4a, b: kassett, lydband mid20c 3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; 1970s: 4a, b, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
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: Icelandic: tape [= English], < 3: limband; 4a, b: (segul)band, mid20c, meaning: 3, status: restricted use: colloquial; 4a, b, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: tape < banda; Greek: the same as in English, status: restricted use: written;,