loanword
[
lohn
-wurd]
/ˈloʊnˌwɜrd/
noun
1.
a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as
wine,
taken into Old English from Latin
vinum,
or
macho,
taken into Modern English from Spanish.
Also,
loan word
.
Also called
loan
.
Origin
1870-75;
translation of
German
Lehnwort
British Dictionary definitions for
loan word
loan word
noun
1.
a word adopted, often with some modification of its form, from one language into another