EuroLex/E/Tartan 2

tartan2

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 3 'the elastic surface of an athletic racecourse'


(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 tartan end20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tartan [= English] 1970s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tartan [tarta:n] end20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Hungarian tartán [tarta:n] 1960s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tartan [tartan 1970 the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tartan [tarta:n] 20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Polish tartan [tartan] ... the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish tartan ... the same as in English, status: restricted use: 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: Romanian: tartan [tartan], via French, mid19c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: tartan, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: tartan, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: tartan, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical;,