EuroLex/E/Trolley

trolley


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n./cp. 3 'a wheel attached to a pole etc. used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a vehicle', 4b 'a trolley bus'

(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: Bulgarian: trolei, mid20c, via Russian, meaning: 4b, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial); Greek: trolei, 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;

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