EuroLex/E/Tie-break

tie-break


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 'a means of deciding a winner from competitors who have tied (tennis, volleyball)'

(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: Romanian: tie-break [= English], 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: tai-breik, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: taibrek, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Greek: tie-break [= English], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;

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