noun
loanword
Loanword (noun) means a word borrowed by one language from another.
noun
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A word borrowed by one language from another.
""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."
— James Lambert, Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles (2018)
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Etymology
A calque of German Lehnwort, made up of loan plus word; compare West Frisian lienwurd, Dutch leenwoord, Danish låneord, Swedish lånord and Icelandic lánsorð.
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What is the meaning of loanword?
"loanword" (noun) means a word borrowed by one language from another.
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Other words for "loanword" include borrowing, loan.
