EuroLex/E/Terylene

Terylene

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 'synthethic polyester used as a textile fibre'

(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 terilen [terilen] mid20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish teryleeni mid20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French Terylene ... the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Terylene [teryle:n] mid20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Hungarian terilén [terile:n] mid20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian terilene [terylene] 1940s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian Terylene [teryle:n] 1950s the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish terylen [terilen] mid20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish Terylene [terylene] mid20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical 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: terelín/terelyn(e)/terylene [thε:relin], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Romanian: terilena/terilen [terilenə/terilen], 1950s, via French, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: terilen, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: terilen, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete; Greek: terylini, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical);,