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loanword
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun loanword has 1 sense
- loanword(n = noun.communication) loan - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English; Array is a kind of word
has particulars: latinism, gallicism
CIDE DICTIONARY
loanword, n.
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loanword, n. a word adopted, usu. with little modification, from a foreign language.
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