tender

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 2 'a vessel attending a larger one to supply stores, convey passengers, orders, etc.', 3 'a special truck closely coupled to a steam locomotive to carry fuel, water, etc.'


(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 tender beg20c 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tender [= English] mid19c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tenderi = hiilivaunu 19c 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
French tender mid19c 3, status: restricted use: obsolete dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tender [tenda] mid19c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Hungarian tender [tender] 19c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (archaic) dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tender < carro, scorta [tender] mid19c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tender [= English] 19c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Polish tender [tender] beg20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: archaic dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ténder / tender end19c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, 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: Romanian: tender [tender], beg20c, via French / German, meaning: 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: tender, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: tender, beg20c, meaning: 3, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: tender, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,