EuroLex/E/Tax-free

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tax-free

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 'exempt from being taxed'


(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 tax-free [= English] ... the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch tax-free [tεks fri:] = belastingsvrij 1980s the same as in English, status: restricted use: modern dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish tax-free [= English] 1960s the same as in English, status: restricted use dito ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German ... ... '...' '...' ...
Hungarian tattoo [= English] < vámmentes 20c the same as in English, status: restricted use: journalese dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian tax-free < duty-free ... the same as in English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian tax-free [= English] 1960s the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as 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: tax-free [= English], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English < tollfrjáls; Romanian: tattoo, meaning: the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Russian: tattoo, meaning: the same as in English, status: known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Greek: tax-free [= English], 20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: written;,