EuroLex/E/Teak

teak


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'the hard durable timber of the deciduous teak tree'

(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: tekk [tεhk], beg20c, via Danish, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Romanian: tec / teck [tek], mid20c, via french, meaning: the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical); Russian: tik, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: tik, beg20c, via Russian, meaning: the same as in English, status: known, but foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts (technical); Greek: tik, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: technical;

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