tram

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'an electrically powered passenger vehicle running on rails laid in a public road'


(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 tram [tram] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tram/trem [= English] mid19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French tram/tramway end19c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tram < Straßenbahn [tram] mid19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: regional/obsolete; dito ...
Hungarian tram < villamos [tram] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: rare; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tram [tram] mid19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English '...' ...
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: < tramvai; Russian: metrotram, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical/modern; Greek: tram, 19c/beg20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,