EuroLex/E/Traveller's cheque

traveller's cheque

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'a cheque for a fixed amount that may be cashed on signature, usu. internationally'


(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 treveler-cek midd20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch travellerscheque = reischeque [= English] 1970s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish < matkasekki (rend.) ... '...' '...' ...
French traveller's (chèque) > chèque de voyage, chèque-voyage (rend.) [= English] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, banned; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Travellerscheck < Reisescheck (rend.) [= English] 1970s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Hungarian traveller's cheque < utazási csekk (rend.) [trevelers t∫ek] 1980s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use > fully accepted, but still marked as English (written, journalese, modern); dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian traveller's cheque [trεveler∫εk/t∫εk] 1930s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian < reisesjekk (rend.) ... the same as in English, see above, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English '...' ...
Polish traveller's cheque < czeki podróne (rend.) end20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish traveller's cheque < cheque de viaje (rend.) [trabelert∫ek] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; 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: < ferðatékki; Romanian: traveller's cheque [= English], 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: trevler-chek, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: travel chek < putnicheski chek, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, slang; Albanian: < cek udhetues (rend.); Greek: traveller's (tsek), 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;,