EuroLex/E/Teflon

Teflon


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'non-stick coating'

(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: Icelandi: teflon [= English], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Romanian: teflon [teflon], 1960s; Russian: teflon, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: teflon, 1970s, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Greek: teflon, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: word comes from other source than English: French;

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