EuroLex/E/Tube

tube


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 2 'a soft metal or plastic cylinder sealed at one end and having a screw cap at the other, for holding a semi-liquid substance ready for use (toothpaste etc.)', 4a 'an underground railway system, esp. the one in London'

(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: túpa [th u:pa], beg20c, meaning: 2, status: word comes from other source than English: Danish; 4a, status: known as a foreignism, used only with reference to British or American contexts; Romanian: tub [tub], beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French/Italian; Russian: tyubik, beg20c, meaning: 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tuba, beg20c, via German, meaning: 2, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Albanian: tubet, beg20c, via Italian, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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