loanword

2 definitions found

loanword - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  loanword \loanword\ n.
     a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German
     word borrowed into modern English.
  
     Syn: loan.
          [WordNet 1.5]

loanword - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  loanword
      n 1: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a
           German word borrowed into modern English [syn: loanword,
           loan]