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;,