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loan·word
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ˈloʊnˌwɜrd
/
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[
lohn
-wurd
]
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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.
Also,
loan word.
Also called
loan
.
Origin:
1870–75;
translation of
German
Lehnwort
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loan word
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n
a word adopted, often with some modification of its form, from one language into another
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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