loanword

or loan word

[ lohn-wurd ]

/ ˈloʊnˌwɜrd /

noun

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.

Also called loan.

Origin of loanword

1870–75; translation of German Lehnwort

Words nearby loanword

loanda, loanee , loaner, loansharking, loanshift, loanword, loath, loathe, loathful, loathing, loathly

Example sentences from the Web for loanword

It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.

Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch |George Tobias Flom