EuroLex/E/Traveller's cheque
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traveller's cheque
- Original language: English
- Original form and meaning: n. 'a cheque for a fixed amount that may be cashed on signature, usu. internationally'
(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 | treveler-cek | midd20c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; | dito | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | travellerscheque = reischeque [= English] | 1970s | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; | dito | ... |
| English | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | < matkasekki (rend.) | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | traveller's (chèque) > chèque de voyage, chèque-voyage (rend.) [= English] | 1960s | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, banned; | dito | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Travellerscheck < Reisescheck (rend.) [= English] | 1970s | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; | dito | ... |
| Hungarian | traveller's cheque < utazási csekk (rend.) [trevelers t∫ek] | 1980s | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use > fully accepted, but still marked as English (written, journalese, modern); | dito | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | traveller's cheque [trεveler∫εk/t∫εk] | 1930s | the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); | dito | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | < reisesjekk (rend.) | ... | the same as in English, see above, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English | '...' | ... |
| Polish | traveller's cheque < czeki podróne (rend.) | end20c | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; | dito | ... |
| Portuguese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | traveller's cheque < cheque de viaje (rend.) [trabelert∫ek] | 1960s | the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: 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: Icelandic: < ferðatékki; Romanian: traveller's cheque [= English], 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: trevler-chek, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: travel chek < putnicheski chek, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, slang; Albanian: < cek udhetues (rend.); Greek: traveller's (tsek), 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;,