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loan·word 
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Audio Help [lohn-wurd] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish. |
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Loanword
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n. A word adopted from another language and completely or partially naturalized, as very and hors d'oeuvre, both from French. |
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| loanword | |
noun | |
| a word borrowed from another language; e.g. 'blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English |
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