Loanword

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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