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loanword

DEFINITIONS OF: loanword

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n a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Synonyms:
loan
Types:
Latinism
a word or phrase borrowed from Latin
Gallicism
a word or phrase borrowed from French
Type of:
word
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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