The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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One priority is translating loanwords that are being used to communicate public policy or important news events, such as “microcredit” or “voucher” as well as pandemic terms such as “booster shots.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
During World War I, “hamburger steak” became “Salisbury steak,” part of an effort to curb the use of German loanwords, according to H.L.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Ideally tech companies will also tackle code-switching and translanguaging, but loanwords are a logical first step.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2021
The loanwords found in Southern Scotch and the names of places resemble those of Northwestern England.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
