trim1

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: v. 1 'make neat or of the required size or form, esp. by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts; shear (a dog)', 4 'adjust the balance of (a ship or aircraft) by the arrangement of its cargo etc.', 5 'arrange (sails) to suit the wind', +8 'transport coal', +9 'train (a dog)', +10 (refl.) 'become/remain fit', +11 'undertake physical exercise in order to keep fit'


(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 trimovati 20c 5, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trimmen [trimə(n)]; tremmen = trimmen [trεmə(n)] 1940s/1960s 1940s: 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); 1960s: 5, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); +10, status: restricted use: technical; tremmen: 1940s, +8, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish trimmata 19c 1,4,5, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German trimmen beg20c/1970s beg20c: 1,+9, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 4,5,+8, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); 1970s: +10, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
Hungarian trimmel [trimmel] 1930s 5, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian trimme [trime] beg20c/19c/beg20c/1960s beg20c: 1,+9, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 19c: 5, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); beg20c: +8, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); 1960s: +11, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
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: Icelandic: trimma [th rim:a], 1970s, meaning: 4, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); +11, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;,