loan word
Adopted foreign term
A loan word is a word adopted from one language into another with little or no modification.
English has borrowed extensively: *kindergarten* from German, *sushi* from Japanese, *café* from French.
Also spelled as one word: loanword.
The technical term is *borrowing*, though nothing is returned.
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- foreignismNon-native linguistic borrowing
- semantic borrowingAdopting foreign meaning, native word
Absorbing into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- domesticationAdapting species to captivity
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
phonological · morphological · pronunciation · phonetic adaptation · orthographic · accentuation · pluralization · verbification
Starting point or source
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- etymonOriginal word form
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
proto-language · source language · philology · diachronic · attestation · language family · Indo-European · transmission
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- anglicismEnglish loanword abroad
- foreignismNon-native linguistic borrowing
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- domesticationAdapting species to captivity
transliteration · phonological · morphological · pronunciation · phonetic adaptation · orthographic · accentuation · pluralization · verbification · clipping
origin
Starting point or source
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- etymonOriginal word form
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
root · proto-language · source language · philology · diachronic · attestation · language family · Indo-European · transmission
- linguistic termsacronym, anagram, antonym, synonym, homonym
- loanwordsloanword, borrowings, borrowing, calque, anglicisms
- word rootsLatin root, Greek root, etymon, stem, radical
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