loanword

Noun

Meaning

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

word loan borrowing term foreign expression credit coinage archaism guest worker loan word gainword loans borrowed word foreign word
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Antonyms

indigenous word native word word of native origin

Hypernyms

word

Hyponyms

latinism gallicism

Phrases with the word

english language loanword

Examples

From the view of historical truth Lithuanians also should use this term, šlėkta (szlachta), to name own nobility, but Lithuanian linguists forbade the usage of this Polish loanword. Source: Internet

In several instances, he used the hamster to document the equal rights of all beings, including Homo sapiens. citation Etymology The name "hamster" is a loanword from the German, which itself derives from earlier Middle High German hamastra. Source: Internet

If, however, a loanword sounds too "foreign", inflection or derivation rules may not be able to transform it. Source: Internet

In some cases the form given is found only in some dialects of the language, or a loanword is much more common (e.g. in Turkish, the preferred word for "fire" is the Persian-derived ateş, whereas the native od is dead). Source: Internet

Legend is a loanword from Old French that entered English usage circa 1340. Source: Internet

Since becoming a loanword in English, Taliban, besides a plural noun referring to the group, has also been used as a singular noun referring to an individual. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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