timer

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a person or device that measures or records time taken', 2 'an automatic mechanism for activating a device etc. at a pre-set time', +3 'a diary'


(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 tajmer mid20c 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch timer [= English] 1980s 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish taimer(i) < ajastin (rend) end20c 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; dito ...
French timer ... 2, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Timer [= English] 1970s 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); +3, status: restricted use: modern; dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian timer [= English] 1930s 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian timer [= English] 1960s 1, status: restricted use: rare; 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
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: timer [= English], end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use > fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical);,