EuroLex/E/Twinset

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twinset

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'a matching combination of jumper and cardigan'


(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 (tvin) set [= English] mid20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch twinset [= English] 1970s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French twinset [twinsεt] 1950s the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use; dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German twinset [tvinset] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian twinset [twin set] 1960s the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical) dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian twinset < kardigansett [= English] 20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: rare; dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish twinset [= English] end20c 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.
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