Synonyms for pseudo-loan

Most common

false loan · false borrowing · pseudo-borrowing

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.

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Other spellings

pseudoloan

Forms

Plural

pseudo-loans → pseudo-borrowings…

In other languages

Français

faux emprunt