topspin

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'a fast forward spinning motion imparted to a ball in (table) tennis by hitting it upward and forward'


(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 topspin [= English] end20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch topspin [= English] 1950s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German topspin [= English] 1980s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, rare dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian topspin mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian toppspinn ... the same as in English, see above, status: (nearly) identical to indigenous form in receptor language, form of semantic loan dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish topspin < golpe liftado [= English] end20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, rare 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: topspin [= English], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: topspin/topsin [tops(p)in], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Bulgarian: topspin, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;,