EuroLex/E/Trolleybus
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trolleybus
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a bus powered by electricity obtained from an overhead cable by means of trolley-wheel'
(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 | trolejbus | mid20c | the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English | dito | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | trolleybus | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical > word comes from other source than English; | dito | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | trolleybus/trolley | 1920s | the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | trolleybus < O-bus [trolibus] | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, regional; | dito | ... |
| Hungarian | troli(busz) [troli(bus)] | 1930s | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | trolleybus < filobus [trolibus] | end19c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | trolleybuss < strømbuss [trolibus] | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; | dito | ... |
| Polish | trolejbus [troleibus] | mid20c | the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English | dito | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | trolebús | mid20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (archaic/obsolete) | 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: troleibuz [trolejbuz], mid20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: troleibus, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: troleibus/trolei, mid20c, via Russian, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English / not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial); Albanian: trolejbus, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: troleibas < trolei, 1950s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete;,