loanword
IPA: ɫˈoʊnwɝd
noun
- A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no adaptation.
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Examples of "loanword" in Sentences
- Even though it is a german loanword.
- Either a loanword or an onomatopoeia.
- Code switching and loanword adaptation.
- See historical linguistics and loanword.
- Please stop reverting changes to loanword.
- Delicatessen is a German loanword in English.
- An internationalism is a widely used loanword.
- Konglish is sometimes synonymous with loanword.
- Strictly speaking it is not an English loanword.
- There are a number of other loanword categories.
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