elk

→ German: Elk (obsolete)

→ Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)

→ Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)

→ Welsh: elc

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”)), from *h₁el- (“deer”). Doublet of Elhaz.

Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

(chiefly Europe, Commonwealth) Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.


wok

(chiefly Europe) Any dish prepared using such a pan.


pilot

→ Dari: پیلوت (pilot)

→ Hindi: पायलट (pāylaṭ)

→ Japanese: パイロット (pairotto)

→ Korean: 파일럿 (pailleot)

→ Northern Kurdish: pîlot

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).


Final Four

(basketball, Europe) The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion.


industry

en-noun

industry (countable and uncountable, plural industries)

From Middle English industry, industrie, from Old French industrie, from Latin industria (“diligence, activity, industry”), from industrius (“diligent, active, zealous”), from Old Latin indostruus (“diligent, active”); origin unknown. Perhaps from indu (“in”) + ūst-, ūstr-, stem of ūrō (“burn, burn up, consume”, verb), related to Old High German ūstrī (“industry”), Old English andūstrian (“to hate, detest”, literally “to be consumed with zeal”).

cog

It is a classical and restricted view both of industry (it excludes service sectors, now 70% of the GDP of developed economies)[…]

2007, Dominique Guellec with Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, The economics of the European patent system, page 122:

(Europe software patent law) Automated production of material goods.


cinch

Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-cinch.wav

(chiefly Europe, technology) An RCA connector.


water closet

→ French: water-closet

(chiefly Europe) A room containing a flush toilet.


Channel

(Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel: A strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.


serviceberry

Compound of service (“sorb tree”) + berry. (The first part is from Latin sorbus, not English service (“assistance”).)

com+

Sorbus domestica
Sorbus domestica#Translingual

Sorbus torminalis
Sorbus torminalis#Translingual

(Europe) Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.


nougat

en-noun

nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)

desc

→ Cantonese: 鳥結糖／鸟结糖 (niu⁵ git³ tong⁴⁻²)

→ Wu: 鳥結糖／鸟结糖 (⁵gniau-ciq-daon)

→ Welsh: nyget

→ Wu: 牛軋糖／牛轧糖 (⁶gnieu-gaq-daon)

→ Hakka: 牛軋糖／牛轧糖 (ngiù-kâ-thòng)

→ Mandarin: 牛軋糖／牛轧糖 (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng)

(UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.

Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.

1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24:

[…](being twenty four and
never screwed but in her
soft nougat thighs)[…]

1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:

[…]it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts[…]

2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time:

(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

نُوغَة

a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts


built-up

en-adj

built-up (comparative more built-up, superlative most built-up)

more built-up (comparative)
most built-up (superlative)

He contended that the speed limit of 80 km/h on motorways, outside a built-up area, which concerns inter alia goods vehicles did not apply to such a vehicle, which is subject to the limits relating to passenger cars.

Contra-flow cycling is most often applied on basic cycle network links in low-speed local access roads, both within and outside the built-up area.

(Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.


limacide

However, during 2004, the limacide Carakol (ai methaldehyde, 5%) was applied at the rate of 1 g/m 2 to a hedgerow along one side of the field plots, to prevent the cabbage plants being damaged by snails […]

2008 October 27, Stanislav Trdan, “Yield of early white cabbage grown under mulch and non-mulch conditions with low populations of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)”, in International Journal of Pest Management:

On the other hand, metaldehyde limacide Gardena was found ecologically safe because the LC₅₀ value was higher than its RAD and weight was not significantly changed.

2014, M Jovana, “Effects of three pesticides on the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) under laboratory conditions: Assessment of mortality, biomass and growth inhibition”, in European Journal of Soil Biology, volume 62, page 127:

(rare, Europe) Any substance intended to kill gastropod molluscs (of the family Limacidae).


ISA

en-noun

ISA (countable and uncountable, plural ISAs)

(Europe, transport) Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation.


legiferate

en-verb

legiferate (third-person singular simple present legiferates, present participle legiferating, simple past and past participle legiferated)

legiferates (present singular third-person)
legiferating (participle present)
legiferated (participle past)
legiferated (past)

[…] he who possesses power to legiferate a fortiori is entitled to interpret.

1979, Gaetano Arangio Ruiz, The United Nations Declaration on Friendly Relations and the System of the Sources of International Law, BRILL, page 82:

[…] logic simply cannot legiferate in ignorance of geometric covariance, because its very argumentation is mentally pictured in spacetime.

1993, O. Costa de Beauregard, “Relativity and probability: The logic of intersubjectivity”, in Symposium On The Foundations Of Modern Physics 1993, page 155:

Subsidiarity in criminal law, in fact, can hardly cope with the European subsidiarity, because the latter deprives the EU organs of a general power to legiferate in this sensitive field […]

2019, Silvia Allegrezza, “On Legality in Criminal Matters between Primacy of EU Law and National Constitutional Traditions: A Study of the Taricco Saga”, in The Court of Justice and European Criminal Law: Leading Cases in a Contextual Analysis, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 186:


CHL

(Europe, ice hockey) Initialism of Champions Hockey League.


Five Nations

(Europe, rugby union) an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.


Six Nations

Six Nations Championship
w:Six Nations Championship

(Europe, rugby union) Ellipsis of Six Nations Championship. (an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of Italy, France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the successor to the Five Nations tournament.)


playout

en-noun

playout (countable and uncountable, plural playouts)

Cyprus and Kazakhstan have sent Estonia and Moldova down to League D following their UEFA Nations League play-out ties.

2022 March 29, “Nations League play-outs: Cyprus oust Estonia, Kazakhstan edge out Moldova”, in UEFA Nations League:

(sports, Europe) (also play-out) A relegation playoff; a game or short series of games needed to decide relegation.


food hall

(UK, Europe, retail) The part of a department store that sells food.


POCO

POCO (countable and uncountable, plural POCOs)

(uncountable, Europe politics) Acronym of political cooperation.


Eurotort

Employers must comply with the regulations and any breach gives rise to liability in what are emerging as 'Eurotorts'.

2014, Vera Bermingham, Tort Law Directions:

(Europe law) A tort relating to the right to repatriation within a national legal system for breaches of directly applicable European Union law.


EUMETSAT

(Europe, meteorology) Initialism of European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.


common mallow

common mallow (countable and uncountable, plural common mallows)

Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris#Translingual

Any of locally common species of mallow plants: