EuroLex/E/Timer

timer


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a person or device that measures or records time taken', 2 'an automatic mechanism for activating a device etc. at a pre-set time', +3 'a diary'

(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: timer [= English], end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: taimer, end20c, meaning: 2, status: restricted use > fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical);

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