EuroLex/E/Topspin
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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;,