EuroLex/E/Teddy boy
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Teddy boy
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: 'a youth, esp. of the 1950s, affecting an Edwardian style of dress and manner, usually a long jacket and drainpipe trousers'
(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 | tedi-boj [= English] | mid20c | the same as in English, status: restricted use | dito | ... |
Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Dutch | Teddy boy [= English] | 1950s | the same as in English, status: restricted use: obsolete | dito | ... |
English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Finnish | Teddy boy | ... | the same as in English, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts | dito | ... |
French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
German | Teddy boy [= English] | 1950s | the same as in English, status: restricted use: colloquial, obsolete | dito | ... |
Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Italian | Teddy boy [= English] | 1950s | the same as in English, status: restricted use: obsolete | dito | ... |
Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Norwegian | Teddy boy [= English] | 1950s | the same as in English, status: restricted use: obsolete | dito | ... |
Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Spanish | Teddy boy [= English] | mid20c | the same as in English, status: restricted use: obsolete | 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: Russian: Teddy boy, meaning: the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Bulgarian: tedi-bois, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: youth, rare; Greek: tedybois / -boissa, 1950s, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (obsolete);,