EuroLex/E/Tom-tom

tom-tom


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 2 'a tall drum beaten with the hands and used in jazz bands etc.'

(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: tom-tom [= English], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Russian: tamtam, end20c, the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical / word comes from other source than English: French; Bulgarian: tamtam, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Greek: tamtam, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French;

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