loanword

or loan word

[ lohn-wurd ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of loanword¹

1870–75; translation of German Lehnwort

Example Sentences

It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.

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