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loanword

US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈloʊnˌwɝd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lōn′wûrd′)

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

loan•word /ˈloʊnˌwɜrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Linguisticsa word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually changed to fit the new language, as macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

loan•word, (lōn′wûrd′),USA pronunciation n.

Linguisticsa 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.

Also, loan′ word′. Also called loan.

translation of German Lehnwort 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

loan word, loanword /ˈləʊnˌwɜːd/ n

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

'loanword' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

loan word - loan - svarabhakti

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "loanword" in the title:

...the loanword ousted the existing one, as kisu did with seppun
a German loanword
a technical loanword, without a doubt from Pre-Greek

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