EuroLex/E/Touch

touch


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 4a 'a musician's manner of playing keys or strings', 4c 'an artist's or writer's style of workmanship, writing, etc.', 5a 'a distinguishing quality or trait, style, a characteristic feature', 5b 'a special skill or proficiency', 10 'the part of the field outside the side limits' (football)

(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: touch [= English], 1970s, meaning: 4a,4c,5b, status: restricted use: slang; Romanian: < tusa, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Bulgarian: tuch, beg20c, meaning: 10, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English (technical); Greek: tats, end20c, meaning: 5a, status: restricted use: modern, journalese, colloquial;

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