trimmer

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 3 'an instrument for clipping etc.', 5 'a small capacitator (etc.) used to tune a radio set' (electronic)


(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 ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch trimmer [trimər] 1960s 5, status: restricted use: technical; 3, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French trimmer 19c/20c 19c: 3, status: restricted use: technical; 20c: 5, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German trimmer [trima] 1980s/1960s 1980s: 3, status: restricted use: technical; 1960s: 5, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian trimmer [= English] 20c 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Polish trymer [trimer] end20c 5, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish trimmer [trimer] end20c 3, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English > 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: Romanian: trimer [trimer], 1960s, meaning: 5, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: trimmer, mid20c, meaning: 5, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: trimer, mid20c, meaning: 5, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: trimer, end20c, meaning: 5, status: restricted use: technical;,