Language borrowing

Synonyms for "language borrowing" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
adoptadopted wordborrow

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
borrowed termcontact linguisticsforeign termhistorical linguistics

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
lexical borrowinglinguistic borrowinglinguistics subfieldloanwordloanword adoptionquotetake

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
academic disciplinelanguage changelanguage teachinglexemelexical itemlinguistic phenomenonlinguistic processlinguistic strategylinguisticsword

More specific

14 entries
anglicismborrowed termcalquecontact linguisticsgallicismhistorical linguisticsjargon borrowinglexical borrowingloanwordphonological borrowingsemantic borrowingsemantic loansociolinguisticsterminology borrowing

Collocations

8 entries
borrowed wordborrowed wordsborrowing patternlanguage contactlexical borrowinglinguistic borrowingloanword adoptionloanword entry

Inflections

4 entries
borrowedborrowingborrowslanguage borrowings

Derivations

6 entries