EuroLex/F/Engagement
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: engagement - 1. commitment, responsibility; 2. commitment, dedication; 3. promise, consent (to marry); 4. [milit] deployment, mission
(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.)
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| Danish | engagement | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | engagement | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
| English | engagement | 17c | 'meaning 1, 3, 4;
and also: a) employment, or a period or post of employment, esp. in the performing arts; b) mechanics: the act or state of interlocking' | '...' | http://dictionary.reference.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
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| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Engagement | ... | 'meaning 1, 2, 4;
and also: employment, or a period or post of employment, esp. in the performing arts' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
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| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | engagemang | ... | 'meaning 1, 2' | '...' | ... |
Annotations[edit | edit source]
Etymology: engage + -ment
engage : 1430, from MF engagier, from OF en gage "under pledge", from en "make" + gage "pledge", through Frankish from PGmc *wadiare "pledge" (showing the common evolution of Gmc. -w- to Fr. -g-). Specific sense of "promise to marry" first recorded 1727.
-ment: ME, from OF, from L -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs
Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com, http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]
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