EuroLex/E/Tramway
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tramway
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: n. 1b 'a tramcar system', +1c 'a tramcar'
(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 | tramwaj | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | tramway [tramwε] | end19c | the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | tramway < Straßenbahn [tramve:] | mid19c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: regional/obsolete; | dito | ... |
| Hungarian | tramway < tram, villamos [tramve:] | 19c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: rare; | dito | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | tramvai/tranvai/tranvia < tram [tramvai/tramvia] | mid19c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | < trikk | ... | the same as in English, see above, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English | '...' | ... |
| Polish | tramwaj [tramvai] | beg20c | the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English | dito | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | tramway/tranvia | mid19c/end19c, via French | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: journalese, archaic / status: not (or no longer) recognized 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: Romanian: tramvai, end19c, via French, meaning: 1b, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tramvai, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tramvai, beg20c, via Russian, meaning: +1c, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Albanian: tramvaj, beg20c, via Russian, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: tramvai, 19c/beg20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete;,