trim2

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: adj./n. '2 'in good order' (nautical), +6, 'the position of a ship in water', +7 'unused filming material', +8 'the act of becoming or keeping fit by 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 trim [trim] mid20c +6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trim [trim] 1960s 2,+6,+7, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French trim < assiette [trim] 20c +6, status: restricted use: technical, banned; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Trimm beg20c +6, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); dito ...
Hungarian trimm [= English] 20c +6, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian trim [trim] 1930s +6,+8, status: restricted use: technical, rare; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian trim [= English] beg20c 2,+8, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
Polish trym end20c +6, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
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: trimm [th rim:], 1970s, meaning: +8, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; ,