loan word

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lohn wurd]
- /loʊn wɜrd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lohn wurd]
- /loʊn wɜrd/

Definitions of loan word words

noun loan word 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. 1
noun loan word a word adopted, often with some modification of its form, from one language into another 0
noun loan word Alternative form of loanword. 0

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Origin of loan word

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

1870-75; translation of German Lehnwort

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Parts of speech for Loan word

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Loan word

loan word popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

loan word usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for loan word

noun loan word

borrowing — Borrowing is the activity of borrowing money.
calque — a borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a literal translation of each of the individual elements (Ex.: masterpiece, from German meisterstück)
loan translation — the process whereby a compound word or expression is created by literal translation of each of the elements of a compound word or expression in another language, as marriage of convenience from French mariage de convenance.
neology — neologism.
paronym — a paronymous word.

All 5 Synonyms of loan word