EuroLex/E/Toboggan

toboggan


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a long light narrow sledge', +2 'a flyover, a chute'

(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: tobogan [tobogan], mid20c, via French, meaning: +2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: toboggan, mid20c, meaning: 1, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Bulgarian: tobogan, mid20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: technical; Greek: tobogan, 20c, meaning: 1, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts / restricted use: technical;

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