borrowed word
Foreign term adopted
A borrowed word is a word adopted from another language and incorporated into everyday use.
English is full of borrowed words: *café* from French, *kindergarten* from German, *tsunami* from Japanese.
Also called a loanword.
The borrowing often happens through trade, conquest, or cultural exchange, and the borrowed word may retain its original spelling or be anglicized over time.
- phonetic adaptationModifying sounds for native speakers
- false friendDeceptive apparent ally
- lost in translationMeaning altered between languages
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- etymologyWord origin study
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