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loanword — n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English. Syn: loan. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loanword — is a word adopted, normally with little change in form, from another language. Examples in English are blitz (from German), locale (from French; see below), and kiosk (from Turkish). A loan translation is a word used in translation from another… … Modern English usage
loanword — [lōn′wʉrd΄] n. [infl. by Ger lehnwort] a word of one language taken into another and naturalized (Ex.: KINDERGARTEN < Ger, CHAUFFEUR < Fr) … English World dictionary
loanword — n. 1) to adopt a loanword 2) a loanword from (a loanword from French) * * * to adopt a loanword a loanword from (a loanword from French) … Combinatory dictionary
Loanword — A loanword (or loan word ) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. By contrast, a calque or loan translation is a related concept whereby it is the meaning or idiom that is borrowed rather than the… … Wikipedia
loanword — UK [ˈləʊnˌwɜː(r)d] / US [ˈloʊnˌwɜrd] noun [countable] Word forms loanword : singular loanword plural loanwords linguistics a word from one language that is used in another language without being changed … English dictionary
loanword — noun /ˈloʊnwɝd,ˈləʊn.wɜː(ɹ)d/ A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation. The word exit is a loanword from Latin. Syn: borrowing, foreign, word … Wiktionary
loanword — noun Date: 1869 a word taken from another language and at least partly naturalized … New Collegiate Dictionary
loanword — loan|word [ˈləunwə:d US ˈlounwə:rd] n a word taken into one language from another = ↑borrowing … Dictionary of contemporary English
loanword — loan|word [ loun,wɜrd ] noun count LINGUISTICS a word from one language that is used in another language without being changed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
