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单词 loanword
释义

loanword

or loan word

[ lohn-wurd ]
/ ˈloʊnˌwɜrd /

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.
Also called loan.

Origin of loanword

1870–75; translation of German Lehnwort

Words nearby loanword

loansharking, loanshift, loan-to-value, loan translation, loan value, loanword, loath, loathe, loathful, loathing, loathly
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Example sentences from the Web for loanword

  • It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.

    Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch|George Tobias Flom

British Dictionary definitions for loanword

loan word

noun

a word adopted, often with some modification of its form, from one language into another
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