learned borrowing
English
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editNoun
editlearned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)
- (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.
- Synonyms: learned loanword, learned loan
- Hypernyms: borrowing, loanword
Translations
editword borrowed from a classical language into a modern language
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