EuroLex/E/Tattoo
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tattoo
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: 'an indelible design marked on the skin by puncturing it and inserting pigment'
(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 | tattoo < tetoviranje | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | tattoo [= English] < tatoeage | 1980s | the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (journalese, modern) | dito | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | tattoo < tatuointi | 19c | the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| French | tattoo < tatouage | ... | the same as in English | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Tatau(ierung) < Tätowierung | 1980s | the same as in English, status: restricted use: youth, rare | 19c, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English (archaic) | ... |
| Hungarian | tattoo [= English] < tetoválás | end20c | the same as in English, status: restricted use: written, journalese | dito | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | tattoo [tetu:] < tatuaggio | end20c | the same as in English, status: restricted use: modern | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | tattoo < tatovering | ... | the same as in English | '...' | ... |
| Polish | tattoo < tatuaz | via French | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | tatuaje | via French | the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | 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: Icelandic: tattoo [th ahtu], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: slang, < tattóvering, tattúering, húðflúr; Romanian: tatuaj, 20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tattoo < tatuirovka, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tattoo < tatuirovka; Albanian: tattoo < tatuazh, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English: Greek: tattoo < tatuaz;,