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calque
[
kalk
]
Main Entry:
loan word
[
lohn
-wurd
]
Show IPA
/
ˈloʊnˌwɜrd
/
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Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
word borrowed from another language
Synonyms:
borrowed word, borrowing,
calque
, imported word, loan translation, neology, paronym
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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