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What's The Definition Of Loanword?

loanword in American English
a word of one language taken into another and naturalized (Ex.: kindergarten < Ger, , chauffeur < Fr)
noun: a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish

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