lusism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
noun
Alternative form of lusism.
Example Sentences
- "In addition to this, many of the basic hereditary lexemes still used in Tetun-Terik have been replaced by lusisms (borrowings from the Portuguese) in Tetum-Praça."