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EuroLex/E/Test 1

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test

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: 1 'a trial of a person's or thing's qualities', 3 'a minor examination, esp. in school', 3a 'a multiple-choice test'


(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 test mid20c 1,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch test = toets [= English] beg20c 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish testi < koe 19c 1,3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French test [= English] end19c 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 3a < QCM questionnaire à choix multiple dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Test [= English] mid19c/beg20c the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian teszt [= English] beg20c 1; 1960s: 3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian test [tεst] end19c 1, 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; 3a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian test [= English] mid19c 1, 3, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish test beg20c 1,3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish test [= English/tes] beg20c 1, 3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English 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: test < próf [= English], 1970s, meaning: 1, 3, status: restricted use: colloquial; Romanian: test [= English], 1960s, via French, meaning: 1,3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: test, beg20c, meaning: 3,3a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: test, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: test, 1960s, meaning: 1,3, status: restricted use: regional; Greek: test, beg20c, meaning: 1,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;,