EuroLex/E/Teddy bear

teddy bear


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'a soft toy bear'

(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: teddýbjörn, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: rare, obsolete; word comes from other source than English < bangsi; Romanian: teddy bear [tediber], mid20c, via German, meaning: the same as in English, status: restricted use: obsolete; Russian: teddy bear, meaning: the same as in English, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English;

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