EuroLex/E/Test 1
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test
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: 1 'a trial of a person's or thing's qualities', 3 'a minor examination, esp. in school', 3a 'a multiple-choice test'
(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 | test | mid20c | 1,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English | dito | ... |
Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Dutch | test = toets [= English] | beg20c | 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Finnish | testi < koe | 19c | 1,3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
French | test [= English] | end19c | 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 3a < QCM questionnaire à choix multiple | dito | ... |
Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
German | Test [= English] | mid19c/beg20c | the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
Hungarian | teszt [= English] | beg20c | 1; 1960s: 3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; | dito | ... |
Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Italian | test [tεst] | end19c | 1, 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 3a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English | dito | ... |
Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Norwegian | test [= English] | mid19c | 1, 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
Polish | test | beg20c | 1,3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Spanish | test [= English/tes] | beg20c | 1, 3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as 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: test < próf [= English], 1970s, meaning: 1, 3, status: restricted use: colloquial; Romanian: test [= English], 1960s, via French, meaning: 1,3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: test, beg20c, meaning: 3,3a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: test, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: test, 1960s, meaning: 1,3, status: restricted use: regional; Greek: test, beg20c, meaning: 1,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,