loanword
Pronunciation
  • (Australia, Canada, America) enPR: lōnʹwûrd, IPA: /ˈloʊnwɝd/
  • (British) IPA: /ˈləʊn.wɜː(ɹ)d/
Noun

loanword (plural loanwords)

  1. A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
    The word exit is a loanword from Latin.
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