Definition of loanword Loanword

We found 3 definitions of loanword from 3 different sources.

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What does loanword mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: loanwords

loanword - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
  loan
  word a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
  latinism a word or phrase borrowed from Latin
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

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  • loanword (Noun)
    A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.

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Pronunciation

Word frequency

Loanword is...

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Sign Language

loanword in sign language
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