Definitions for loanword
loanword
loan·word
Spelling: [lohn-wurd]
IPA: /ˈloʊnˌwɜrd/
Loanword is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 203 anagrams from letters in loanword (adlnoorw).
Definitions for loanword
noun
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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.
Origin of loanword
1870-75; translation of German Lehnwort
Examples for loanword
It has, consequently, in not a few cases, been difficult to decide whether a word is a loanword or not.