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loanword
loan·word
/
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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loanword
noun
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. 'blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
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