loan formation
English
Etymology
loan + formation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
loan formation (plural loan formations)
- this is the hypernym for loan rendering / loan rendition and loan translation, and optionally also for loan creation (usage varies)
- Hypernyms: loan coinage, semantic borrowing
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see loan, formation (in banking etc.)
Translations
not formal but conceptual loan
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