learned borrowing

learned borrowing

English

Alternative forms

• learnèd borrowing

Noun

learned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)

1. (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.

   Synonyms: learned loanword, learned loan

   Hypernyms: borrowing, loanword

Translations

word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Breton: amprest ouiziek m Catalan: cultisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 舊詞今用／旧词今用 (jiùcíjīnyòng), 借詞／借词 (zh) (jiècí) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: geleerde ontlening f Finnish: sivistyssana (fi) French: emprunt savant m German: gelehrte Entlehnung f Greek: λόγιο δάνειο (el) (lógio dáneio) Gujarati: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: तत्सम (hi) m (tatsam) Italian: voce dotta f, voce colta f Malayalam: please add this translation if you can Romanian: împrumut cult n Spanish: cultismo (es) m Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Welsh: benthyciad dysgedig m

See also

• book word
• learnedism
• tatsama
• semi-learned borrowing
• English learned borrowings
• Learned borrowings by language