xenisme

See also: xénisme

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French xénisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ksəˈniz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʃeˈniz.me]

Noun

xenisme m (plural xenismes)

1. an unadapted loanword designating a culturally-significant object or concept which has no exact equivalent in the borrowing language

Hypernyms

• estrangerisme

Further reading

• “xenisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.