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loanword
or loan word
[ lohn-wurd ]
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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of loanword1
1870–75; translation of German Lehnwort
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Example Sentences
It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.
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