What does "loanword" mean?

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

What is a synonym for "loanword"?

Common synonyms include: adopted term, adopted word, alcazar, amigo, angelico, angelita.

Loanword

/ˈloʊnˌwɝd/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun

1
A word directly taken into one language from another one.
""Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins."
2
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English wordnet

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adopted term adopted word alcazar amigo angelico angelita

Antonyms

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indigenous term indigenous word native term native word

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""Calque" is a loanword and "loanword" is a calque."

Etymology

A calque of German Lehnwort, equivalent to loan + word. Compare West Frisian lienwurd, Dutch leenwoord, Danish låneord, Swedish lånord, Icelandic lánsorð.

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