EuroLex/E/Top 1

top1


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 2a 'the highest rank or place', 4a 'a (sleeveless) blouse, jumper', +14 'the charts' (music)

(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: toppur, meaning: 2a, status: word comes from other source than English; end20c: 4a, status: (nearly) identical to indigenous form in receptor language, form of semantic loan (modern); 1960s: 14, status: (nearly) identical to indigenous form in receptor language, form of semantic loan; Romanian: top [= English], 1970s, meaning: 2a,+14, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (journalese, modern); Russian: top, end20c, meaning: 4a, status: restricted use: modern; Albanian: top, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; Greek: top, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (colloquial);

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