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loanword

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"Borrowed term"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈloʊnˌwɝd/Part of speech nounSorted adlnoorwStarts with LEnds with D1 clues
1L2O3A4N5W6O7R8D

Definitions

  1. a word borrowed from another language; e.g.

  2. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

Used in a sentence

  • "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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