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Loanword

//ˈloʊnˌwɝd// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English wordnet

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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