EuroLex/E/Tupperware

Tupperware

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n./cp. 'tupperware, a range of plastic containers for food' (original ™)


(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 tupperware [typer va:rə/= English] 1980s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ™ only; ... '...' '...' ...
French tupperware [typεrwar] 1980s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Tupperware [tupa va:rə] 1980s the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ™ only; ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian Tupperware [= English/tupervare] 1970s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, modern; dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish tupperware [tuperbare] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use < fully accepted, but still marked as English (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: Icelandic: ™ only; Greek: taper, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,