EuroLex/E/Trench (coat)

trench (coat)


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 2 'a loose belted raincoat'

(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: trenchkápa < rykfrakki [thrεns-], end20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use + word comes from other source than English; Romanian: trenci/trencicot [trent∫/trent∫ kot/= English], 1930s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: trenchkot, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: archaic; Greek: trents kot, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use;

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