A pseudo-loan. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, borrowing.

Synonym of pseudo-loan

plural of pseudo-borrowing

plural of semantic borrowing

the hypernym for loan meanings, also known as semantic loans, and loan formations.

plural of learnèd borrowing

Alternative spelling of learned borrowing

(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a later one, but partly reshaped based on later sound changes or by analogy with inherited words in the language. These words occur, for example, in the Romance and the Indo-Aryan languages.

plural of semi-learned borrowing

(idiomatic) A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.