EuroLex/E/Tax-free shop

tax-free shop

  • Original language: English (not an English word, but an Anglicism nevertheless)
  • Original form and meaning: 'a duty-free shop'


(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 tax-free shop [= English] end20c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tax-free shop 1970s the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tax-free shop [= English] 1960s the same as in English, status: restricted use dito ...
French tax free shop > boutique hors taxes 20c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (banned) dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tax-free shop < duty-free shop ... the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English dito ...
Hungarian tax-free shop [= English] > vámmentes bolt mid20c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tax-free shop < duty free shop ... the same as in English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tax-free shop [= English] 1960s the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish tax-free shop < duty-free shop ... the same as in English dito ...
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: Romanian: tax-free shop, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Russian: tax-free shop, meaning: the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Bulgarian: frishop, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;,