loan word

British

noun

a word adopted, often with some modification of its form, from one language into another

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Though its status as a loan word might lead one to believe it is an uncommon emotion, that's not true in this case.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021

Schadenfreude, a German loan word, translates to "pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune."

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021

But I must not allow you to completely erase “shampoo,” a beautiful loan word from Hindi.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

As an English loan word, it continued to broaden its utility, describing the elusive degrees of difference in just about anything.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

Each was called by a local name and not by a loan word, a most demonstrable evidence of local origin.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot

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