Bengalism

Bengalism

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛŋˈɡɔlːɪzəm/

Noun

Bengalism (countable and uncountable, plural Bengalisms)

1. A word or idiom of the Bengali language used in another language, especially for literary effect.
2. The style, spirit or other characteristics of Bengali arts and culture, or an imitation of that style.

Coordinate terms

• (foreignisms) foreignism; Amharism, Anglicism, Arabism, Aramaism, Bengalism, Bulgarism, Catalanism, Church Slavicism, Croatism, Czechism / Bohemianism, Gallicism / Frenchism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism / Hispanicism / Castilianism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Kazakhism, Latinism, Macedonianism, Mandaism, Moravianism, Persianism, Polonism, Portuguesism, Russianism, Serbism, Serbo-Croatism, Sinicism, Slavism, Slovenism, Pannonianism, Syriacism, Turkism, Ukrainism / Ukrainianism, Uzbekism, Yiddishism

Translations

word or idiom of the Bengali language used in another language

Albanian: bengalizëm (sq) French: bengalisme (fr) m Galician: bengalismo m German: Bengalismus (de) m

Polish: bengalyzm m Portuguese: bengalismo m Spanish: bengalismo m Swedish: bengalism (sv) c Welsh: Bengaleb f, Bengalair m