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Alternative spellings
loan word

Etymology
Calque of the G. Lehnwort

Pronunciation
(RP): /�l��nw��d/, /<tt>"l@Unw3:d</tt>/
(US, Canada, Australia): l�nʹwûrd, /�lo�nw�d/, /<tt>"loUnw3`d</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

1. A word taken from one language for use, unchanged, in another

#:The word "exit" is a loanword from Latin.

Translations
trans-top|word taken from another language
Dutch: leenwoord n
Estonian: laensõna
Finnish: lainasana
German: Lehnwort n
trans-mid
Italian: calco m
Japanese: ��� (������, shakuy�go)
trans-bottom

See also
calque
loan translation

Category:English compound words
Category:Linguistics

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