tester

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 1 'a person or thing that tests'


(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 ... ... '...' '...' ...
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Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French tester < testeur 1950s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, banned dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Tester [testa] 1960s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian tester < tesztelö ... the same as in English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tester = prova ricevitore [tεster] 1940s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical, banned dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tester [tester] the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish tester [tester] end20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: journalese dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish téster/tester end20c 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: Romanian: tester [tester], 20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: tester, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: tester, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical;,