loanword

Summary

loanword has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• loanword is a type of word^[2].
• loanword's Commons category is recorded as Loanwords^[3].
• loanword is the opposite of native word^[4].
• loanword's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lists of loanwords^[5].
• loanword's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6].
• loanword's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia^[7].
• loanword's has immediate cause is recorded as linguistic borrowing^[8].
• loanword's different from is recorded as unadapted loanword^[9].
• loanword's different from is recorded as calque^[10].
• loanword's studied by is recorded as lexicology^[11].
• loanword's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics^[12].
• loanword's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133073610^[13].

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Definition and Type

loanword is a type of word^[2]. loanword is the opposite of native word^[4].

Why It Matters

loanword has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] loanword is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[14]