Loanword

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A word adopted from another language and completely or partially naturalized, as very and hors d'oeuvre, both from French.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A borrowed word; a word taken into one language from another.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    word   
    Cross Reference
    foreign word    calque    loan translation   
    Hyponym
    Latinism    Gallicism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    loan    borrowing   
     
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