EuroLex/E/Game


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: game (n.) a) 'activity engaged in for diversion or amusement'; b) 'the equipment for a game' [source: ]

(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.)


 * 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: geim [= Engl.pron./cei:m], mid20c, meaning (1): 'a single section of play forming a scoring unit'; status: restricted use: technical; meaning (2): 'a party, a festivity'; status: restricted to slang, archaic; Romanian: ghem/game [gem/= Engl.pron.], beg20c; meaning: 'a single section of play forming a scoring unit'; status: fully accepted but still marked as English, restricted to technical use; Russian: geĭm, mid20c; meaning: 'a single section of play forming a scoring unit'; status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: geĭm, mid20c, fully accepted but still marked as English, restricted to technical use; Greek: game [= Engl.pron.], beg20c; meaning: 'a single section of play forming a scoring unit'; status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: gejm, 20c; meaning (1): 'a single section of play forming a scoring unit'; meaning (2): 'a party, a festivity', status of both: fully accepted but still marked as English.

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