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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pseudo-loan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pseudo- + loan.

Meanings

  1. A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pseudo-loans Number=Plur lexicographic
pseudoloan alternative lexicographic

Hyponyms

pseudo-Latinism · pseudo-anglicism

Relateds

allogenism

Synonyms

pseudo-borrowing · false borrowing · false loan