EuroLex/E/Top 2

top2


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: adj./cp 2 'highest in degree or importance'

(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: topp-, mid/end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial); Romanian: top [= English], 1980s, status: restricted use: journalese; Russian: top, 1990s, status: restricted use: journalese; Bulgarian: top, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (journalese); Albanian: top, 1990s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: modern; Greek: top, end20c, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (colloquial);

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