EuroLex/F/Garage


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: garage - 1. garage (meaning either a) a building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle or b) a commercial establishment where cars are repaired, serviced, or parked)

(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
Etymology: from F garage, from verb garer "to shelter", from MF garer "to shelter, dock ships", from Frank *waron "to guard" (cf. OHG waron "take care"), from PGmc *war-, from PIE base *wer- "to cover". Garage sale first attested 1966.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Czech: servis s čerpací stanicí (1. b)

Danish: værksted; servicestation (1. b)

German: Autowerkstatt (1. b)

Estonian: hooldejaam (1. b)

Finnish: autotalli (1. a), huoltoasema (1. b)

Hungarian: szerviz(állomás) (1. b)

Latvian: autoserviss (1. b)

Lithuanian: automobilių remonto dirbtuvės (1. b)

Norwegian: bensinstasjon, bilverksted (1. b)

Polish: warsztat (1. b)

Slovak: opravovňa (1. b)

Slovenian: servis (1. b)

Swedish: bilverkstad, bilservice (1. b)