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anglicism en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Anglicism.
    alt of Anglicism
    • In France the Académie Française is an important body in public life. It is the final arbiter of the language and a watchdog against its abuse. It issues warnings and edicts against anglicisms for which perfectly good French words exist, and lately its website has cautioned against fan zone and listing – though it accepts building for skyscraper and Browning for handgun as legitimate French words of English origin. 2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020:

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anglicisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

pseudo-anglicism