Definition of "loanword" []

• A word adopted from another language and completely or partially naturalized, as very and hors d'oeuvre, both from French. (noun)

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• "The term is a loanword from the Japanese language."
• "The Japanese title of this manga uses the English loanword "maid" and the Japanese word Senki, meaning the record of a military campaign."
• "He even launched a fragrance called Safari, proof that, by 1990, the loanword from Swahili had journeyed far from its literal, earlier meanings."