loanword
/lohn-wurd/US // ˈloʊnˌwɜrd //
借词,借用词,贷款词,借用字
Definitions
n.名词 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.
Examples
It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.
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