EuroLex/E/Timer
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timer
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a person or device that measures or records time taken', 2 'an automatic mechanism for activating a device etc. at a pre-set time', +3 'a diary'
(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 | tajmer | mid20c | 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); | dito | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | timer [= English] | 1980s | 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; | dito | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | taimer(i) < ajastin (rend) | end20c | 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; | dito | ... |
| French | timer | ... | 2, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Timer [= English] | 1970s | 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); +3, status: restricted use: modern; | dito | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | timer [= English] | 1930s | 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | timer [= English] | 1960s | 1, status: restricted use: rare; 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); | 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: Romanian: timer [= English], end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use > fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical);,