train

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: v. 2 (trans., intrans.) 'teach / undergo physical exercise'


(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 trenirati beg19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trainen [tre:inə(n)] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish treenata beg19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial) dito ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German trainieren [tre:ni:rən] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian tréningez; treniroz [tre:ningez; treni:roz] 19c, via German the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian trene [tre:ne] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish trenowa´c [trenovatç] mid19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish < entrenar ... '...' '...' ...
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: < antrena; Russian: trenirovat; Bulgarian: treniram, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;,