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loanword: Meaning and Definition of

loan•word

Pronunciation: (lōn'wûrd"), [key]
— n.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
loan value loath
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