xenisme
See also: xénisme
Catalan
Etymology
From French xénisme.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʃəˈniz.mə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈniz.me/
Noun
xenisme m (plural xenismes)
- An unadapted loanword designating a culturally-significant object or concept which has no exact equivalent in the borrowing language.
Hypernyms
- estrangerisme
Further reading
- “xenisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.