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loanword

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Noun

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Singular
loanword

Plural
loanwords

  1. A loanword is a word in one language that comes from another language.
    "Tsunami" is a Japanese word, but is a loan word in English.
    Most languages have some loanwords.
    There are many loanwords in English.