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loanword in Catalan

loanword in Catalan is manlleu — loanword means a word borrowed by one language from another.

loanword in Catalan

manlleu
noun
A word directly taken into one language from another one.

What does "loanword" mean?

  1. noun A word borrowed by one language from another.
    ""Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins."
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  • "Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins.
  • This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.

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What is "loanword" in Catalan?
"loanword" in Catalan is manlleu. loanword means: A word borrowed by one language from another.
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