EuroLex/E/Top ten

top ten


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. '1 'the first ten records in the charts', +2 'the ten best players in the world' (tennis)

(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 tíu, uninfluenced, 1960s, meaning: 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English + word comes from other source than English; Romanian: status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Russian: top ten, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, journalese; Bulgarian: top ten < top deset (trsl.), end20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: journalese; Albanian: topten, 1992, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: youth; Greek: top ten, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, youth;

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