tweed

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, usu. of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland'


(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 tvid mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tweed [twi:t] 1940s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tweed [tve:d] 19c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
French tweed [twid] mid19c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Tweed [twi:t] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Hungarian tweed [= English] beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tweed [twi:d] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tweed [twi:t] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Polish tweed [twit] mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish tweed [twid] 1920s the same as in English, see above, status: 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: Icelandic: tweed/tvíd [th vi:t], end19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Romanian: tweed [= English], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Russian: tvid, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: tuid, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Greek: tuid, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical);,