EuroLex/E/Truism
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truism
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: n. 'an obviously true or hackneyed statement'
(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 | truisme = truism [tryisme] | 1940s | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) | dito | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | truismi | 19c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| French | truisme | mid19c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | ... | ... | status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | truismo [truizmo] | 1910s | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | truisme [truisme] | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) | dito | ... |
| Polish | truizm [truizm] | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | truismo | end20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (rare) | 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: truism [truism], beg20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tryuizm, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: truizum, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: truizem, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: regional;,