learned borrowing

English

Alternative forms

• learnèd borrowing

Pronunciation

• enPR: lûrnĭd bŏr′rōĭng, lûrnd bŏr′rōĭng:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɜːnɪd ˈbɒ.ɹəʊ.ɪŋ/, (nonstandard) /ˌlɜːnd ˈbɒ.ɹəʊ.ɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɚnɪd ˈbɑ.ɹoʊ.ɪŋ/, (nonstandard) /ˌlɚnd ˈbɑ.ɹoʊ.ɪŋ/

Noun

learned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)

1. (linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely 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

• Arabic: اقْتِرَاضٌ غَيْرُ عَفْوِيٍّ m
• Armenian: գրքային փոխառություն (hy) (grkʻayin pʻoxaṙutʻyun)
• 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: klassisk låneord f
• Dutch: geleerde ontlening f
• Finnish: sivistyssana (fi)
• French: emprunt savant (fr) 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, recupero dotto m, cultismo (it)
• Malayalam: തത്സമം (tatsamaṁ)
• Polish: zapożyczenie sztuczne n
• Portuguese: cultismo (pt) m
• 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
• semi-learned borrowing
• tatsama

References

• “learned borrowing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “learned borrowing”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.