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loan·word (-wʉrd′)

noun

a word of one language taken into another and naturalized (Ex.: kindergarten < Ger, chauffeur < Fr)

Etymology: infl. by Ger lehnwort

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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