EuroLex/E/Tandem

tandem


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 1 'a bicycle or tricycle with two or more seats one behind another', 2 'a group of two persons or machines etc. with one behind or following the other', 3 'a carriage driven tandem', 4 'a duo, two people/partners'

(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: Romanian: tandem [tandem], end19c, via French, meaning: 1, 2 + 4, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tandem, beg20c, meaning: 1 +4, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: tandem, beg20c: 1, the same as in English, status: restricted use: archaic; mid20c: 4, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: tandem, 20c, 1 + 3, status: restricted use: regional;

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