EuroLex/E/Teflon

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Teflon

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 'non-stick coating'


(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 teflon end20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch teflon 1970s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish teflon [= English] mid20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French [tefal] 1960s the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Teflon [te:flon] 1970s the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Hungarian teflon [teflon] 1970s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian teflon [teflon] 1960s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian teflon [teflu:n] 1960s the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish teflon mid20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish teflón 1960s the same as in English, status: 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: Icelandi: teflon [= English], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Romanian: teflon [teflon], 1960s; Russian: teflon, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: teflon, 1970s, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Greek: teflon, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: word comes from other source than English: French;,