teak

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 'the hard durable timber of the deciduous teak tree'


(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 tik beg20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch teak [= English] 1920s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tiikki 19c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French teck / tek [tεk] end18c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Teak / Tick [= English] end19c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Hungarian tikfa the same as in English, status: word comes from other source than English: Portuguese dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian teak / tek / teack [tεk] end19c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian teak [= English] beg20c the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish tek ... the same as in English, status: word comes from other source than English: Malay dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish teak < teca ... the same as in 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: tekk [tεhk], beg20c, via Danish, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Romanian: tec / teck [tek], mid20c, via french, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: tik, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: tik, beg20c, via Russian, meaning: the same as in English, status: known, but foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts (technical); Greek: tik, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical;,