Synonyms for loan word
- noun
Most common
loan borrowing
Definitions
- n. 1
A word directly taken into one language from another one.
"Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins.
Related words
- Other spellings
- loanword
Example sentences
- loan Tom certainly won't ever get another loan from me.
- borrowing Most importantly, the borrowing rates are going up.
By length
- 4 letters
- loan1
- 8 letters
- gainword
- 9 letters
- borrowing3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (borrowing3 = 3 syllables).