learned borrowing

English

Alternative forms

• learnèd borrowing

Noun

learned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)

1. (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.

   Synonyms: learned loanword, learned loan

   Hypernyms: borrowing, loanword

Translations

word borrowed from a classical language into a modern language

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: amprest ouiziek m
• Catalan: cultisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舊詞今用／旧词今用 (jiùcíjīnyòng), 借詞／借词 (zh) (jiècí)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: geleerde ontlening f
• Finnish: sivistyssana (fi)
• French: emprunt savant m
• German: gelehrte Entlehnung f
• Greek: λόγιο δάνειο (el) (lógio dáneio)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: तत्सम (hi) m (tatsam)
• Italian: voce dotta f, voce colta f
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: împrumut cult n
• Spanish: cultismo (es) m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: benthyciad dysgedig m

See also

• book word
• learnedism
• tatsama
• semi-learned borrowing
• English learned borrowings
• Learned borrowings by language