Definition of "loanwords" [loanwords]

• Plural form of loanword. (noun)

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• "Use of Words in the Torah 1. Egyptian loanwords—In the Torah, a large number of words occur that are literal translations of Egyptian words (so-called loanwords) and that do not occur in the rest of the Bible, such as the special word “ark” (of Noah)."
• "Both categories, it should be noted, include some words that are not true Arabic loanwords, that is, they passed through Arabic en route to English, but their origins are elsewhere."
• "Some linguists attempt to reconstruct substrate languages in cases where a language is suspected to have been replaced by another, with indirect evidence such as loanwords in differing languages of the same area."