Dictionary

learned borrowing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• lûrnd bŏr′rōĭng
• /ˌlɚnd ˈbɑ.ɹoʊ.ɪŋ/ (General-American, nonstandard)
• lûrnĭd bŏr′rōĭng
• /ˌlɜːnɪd ˈbɒ.ɹəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌlɜːnd ˈbɒ.ɹəʊ.ɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
• /ˌlɚnɪd ˈbɑ.ɹoʊ.ɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.

Forms

Hypernyms

loanword · borrowing

Relateds

semi-learned borrowing · book word · learnedism · tatsama

Synonyms

learned loanword · learned loan

Translations (22)

es cultismo (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · ro împrumut cult (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · hy գրքային փոխառություն (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · el λόγιο δάνειο (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · ml തത്സമം (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · it recupero dotto (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · nl geleerde ontlening (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · ca cultisme (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · cmn 借詞 /借词 (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · fi sivistyssana (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · hi तत्सम (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · ar اقْتِرَاضٌ غَيْرُ عَفْوِيٍّ (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · da klassisk låneord (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · cmn 舊詞今用 /旧词今用 (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · br amprest ouiziek (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · fr emprunt savant (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · pl zapożyczenie sztuczne (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · de gelehrte Entlehnung (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · it voce colta (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · it cultismo (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · it voce dotta (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language) · cy benthyciad dysgedig (word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language)