loanword
Plural: loanwords
Noun
- a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
- A word directly taken into one language from another one.
Examples
- ""Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins."
Origin / Etymology
A calque of German Lehnwort, equivalent to loan + word. Compare West Frisian lienwurd, Dutch leenwoord, Danish låneord, Swedish lånord, Icelandic lánsorð.
Scrabble Score: 12
loanword is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordloanword is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
loanword is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
loanword is a valid Words With Friends word