tramp

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'an itinerant vagrant or beggar', 6 'an ocean tramp, a merchant ship, esp. a steamer, running on no regular line or route'


(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 tramp mid20c 1, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tramp [= English] 1940s 1, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tramppi beg20c 6, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
French tramp [tramp] 20c 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tramp [tremp] 1940s/beg20c 1940s: 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; beg20c: 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Hungarian tramp [tremp] 20c 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tramp [trεmp] mid20c 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tramp [= English/tramp] mid20c 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Polish tramp [tramp] mid20c 1, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; 6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish tramp [tramp] 1980s 6, 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: Romanian: tramp [tramp], 1950s, meaning: 6, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: tramp, mid20c, meaning: 6, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: < tramper;,