Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loan meaning

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: loan mean-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meaning that has been borrowed from a word in another language, through a process of semantic loan.

Etymology

From loan + meaning. Calque of German Lehnbedeutung.

Inflected Forms

loan meanings (plural)

Questions

What does loan meaning mean?: A meaning that has been borrowed from a word in another language, through a process of semantic loan.
Where does loan meaning come from?: From loan + meaning. Calque of German Lehnbedeutung.

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