Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudo-loan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-loan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.

Etymology

From pseudo- + loan.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo-
Suffix: loan

Inflected Forms

pseudo-loans (plural) pseudoloan (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

allogenism

Synonyms

pseudo-borrowing false loan false borrowing

Questions

What does pseudo-loan mean?: A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with the same meaning.
Where does pseudo-loan come from?: From pseudo- + loan.

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