EuroLex/E/Test 1

test


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 1 'a trial of a person's or thing's qualities', 3 'a minor examination, esp. in school', 3a 'a multiple-choice test'

(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: test < próf [= English], 1970s, meaning: 1, 3, status: restricted use: colloquial; Romanian: test [= English], 1960s, via French, meaning: 1,3,3a, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: test, beg20c, meaning: 3,3a, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Bulgarian: test, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: test, 1960s, meaning: 1,3, status: restricted use: regional; Greek: test, beg20c, meaning: 1,3, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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