EuroLex/E/Topspin

topspin


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 'a fast forward spinning motion imparted to a ball in (table) tennis by hitting it upward and forward'

(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: topspin [= English], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Romanian: topspin/topsin [tops(p)in], 1960s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; Russian: status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English; Bulgarian: topspin, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;

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