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E.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
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loanword
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
loanword \loanword\ n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English. Syn: loan.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
Usage examples of loanword.
Sir Guy Fitz William in a guttural Hebridean Gaelic heavily sprinkled with Norse loanwords, then the knight from out the lands of the Northern Ui Neills turned in his saddle and gave Melchoro a rough translation.
Reining up, the galloglaich rendered his report to Sir Guy FitzWilliam in a guttural Hebridean Gaelic heavily sprinkled with Norse loanwords, then the knight from out the lands of the Northern Ui Neills turned in his saddle and gave Melchoro a rough translation.
Lots of different dialects were spoken, although almost everyone spoke the lingua franca, which was basically trade-slang with a lot of Terranglish cognates and loanwords and a little neighborhood topspin.