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TRINKET [4 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

trinket bow : an item in the "Personal Gear" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

coffret à colifichets : objet de la classe «Articles personnels» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

trinket basket : an item in the "Personal Gear" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

vide-poche : objet de la classe «Articles personnels» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

(Astrophysics) Any one of a variety of types of official messages forwarded on modern space crafts and directed at extra-terrestrial observers (messages include: plaques bearing greetings, coded maps of the solar system, depictions of male and female earthlings, digitally encoded sounds and colour pictures, photographs).

CONT

Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977, carried more elaborate tchotchkes; digitally encoded sounds and colour pictures, and an instruction kit that tells extraterrestrial engineers how to play the record and build a three-colour television receiver.

OBS

Because this term was borrowed from Yiddish to English, we chose to leave it also in its borrowed form in French(the alternative would likely be a very long, wordy, analytical French phrase). Rather than being a totally new word to the English language, "tchotchke" has existed since the late 1960s. However, its former meaning("inexpensive souvenir or trinket") which is now obsolete in current usage, has been replaced by a new, very domain-specific usage in Astrophysics. Such semantic changes are not unusual, as languages are in a constant state of evolution(and in this case, the meanings are not completely dissimilar and unrelated).

OBS

This neologism is also a "borrowing". English borrows words liberally from other languages; it has, likely, throughout its history. Though the purposes and conditions of borrowing veary greatly, the appearance of foreign words in English often mean a writer is using a native name for an unfamiliar thing or idea. Expanding global contacts are accompanied by more and more borrowings from languages, especially those of Asia and Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
CONT

Antique sterling silver ring tree, jewelry holder/stand and tray, literally in the form of a tree. Made Birmingham, England, 1904. Measures 5 inches from end to end. Oval boat shape with sloping sides ending in gadrooned border, interspersed with repousse floral and foliate sections. The center rises up to a tree, each branch for holding a ring other trinket. The bottom forms a tray for holding bracelets, necklaces, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
CONT

Des mains en faïence, en ivoire, en bronze, des dizaines de mains posées sur les meubles, mains cendriers, main porte-plume, mains porte-bagues (Marie-Claire, 15 mai 1966, p. 174, col. 2).

OBS

Par analogie avec main porte-bagues.

Spanish

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