tube

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 2 'a soft metal or plastic cylinder sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semi-liquid substance ready for use (toothpaste etc.)', 4a 'an underground railway system, esp. the one in London'


(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 tuba beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tube [ty:bə] ... the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... status: word comes from other source than English '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Tube [tu:bə] 19c 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
Hungarian ... ... status: word comes from other source than English: Latin; '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian < 2: tubetto ... the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: Latin dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tube [tu:be] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English / word comes from other source than 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: túpa [th u:pa], beg20c, meaning: 2, status: word comes from other source than English: Danish; 4a, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; Romanian: tub [tub], beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French/Italian; Russian: tyubik, beg20c, meaning: 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tuba, beg20c, via German, meaning: 2, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Albanian: tubet, beg20c, via Italian, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,