EuroLex/E/Tape

tape


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 3 ' a strip of opaque or transparent paper or plastic etc. coated with adhesive for fastening, sticking, etc.', 4a 'a long narrow flexible material with magnetic properties used for recording sound or pictures or data', 4b 'a length, reel, or cassette of this'

(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: tape [= English], < 3: limband; 4a, b: (segul)band, mid20c, meaning: 3, status: restricted use: colloquial; 4a, b, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: tape < banda; Greek: the same as in English, status: restricted use: written;

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