EuroLex/E/Trolleybus

trolleybus


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a bus powered by electricity obtained from an overhead cable by means of trolley-wheel'

(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: Romanian: troleibuz [trolejbuz], mid20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: troleibus, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: troleibus/trolei, mid20c, via Russian, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English / not (or no longer) recognized as English (colloquial); Albanian: trolejbus, mid20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: troleibas < trolei, 1950s, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete;

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