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Recent Examples of loanword
In fact, Mandarin itself used thousands of loanwords from Japanese and English when new disciplines such as sociology and natural science entered China’s curricula a mere century ago.
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Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.
—Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
Most English loanwords borrow from languages that, like English, use the Latin alphabet.
—Sarah Bunin Benor, The Conversation, 21 May 2020
With the mega-success of Starbucks and its various coffee competitors, BARISTA has transformed from a somewhat niche Italian loanword to a term most everyone not only knows but uses regularly.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019
And so the language planners, led by linguist Ari Páll Kristinsson, are working furiously to match every English word or concept with an Icelandic one—giving young Icelanders no excuse for depending on loanwords learned online.
—Caitlin Hu, Quartz, 2 June 2019
Each provided loanwords, words adopted from a donor language without translation.
—Courtney Linder, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2018
Local journalists describe the scenes here as the local telenovela, a Spanish loanword meaning soap opera.
—Joseph Hincks / Manila, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
Sadly, these words failed to stick, and nowadays one is forced to answer wrong numbers on a loanword: tilifun.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.
—Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
Most English loanwords borrow from languages that, like English, use the Latin alphabet.
—Sarah Bunin Benor, The Conversation, 21 May 2020
With the mega-success of Starbucks and its various coffee competitors, BARISTA has transformed from a somewhat niche Italian loanword to a term most everyone not only knows but uses regularly.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019
And so the language planners, led by linguist Ari Páll Kristinsson, are working furiously to match every English word or concept with an Icelandic one—giving young Icelanders no excuse for depending on loanwords learned online.
—Caitlin Hu, Quartz, 2 June 2019
Each provided loanwords, words adopted from a donor language without translation.
—Courtney Linder, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2018
Local journalists describe the scenes here as the local telenovela, a Spanish loanword meaning soap opera.
—Joseph Hincks / Manila, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
Sadly, these words failed to stick, and nowadays one is forced to answer wrong numbers on a loanword: tilifun.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loanword
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As a host, Scherzinger could play the eager theater kid to the likes of the intimidating Simon Cowell, throwing out neologisms like schamazing.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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Osmond and Huxley had discussed possible neologisms to describe the impact such drugs had on the body and mind.Paul Lindholdt, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2024
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The bottom line is, printing paper money or minting token coinage is easy profitable technology, but you are just not allowed to do it; that is the direction of travel at present.Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The buyers, a group that included coinage expert Mitch Spivack, resold it for $516,000 five days later.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Kam understood the regional colloquialism assignment!Cindi Andrews and Katie Wissman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2024
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The fine line between being relatable to your audience and appearing unprofessional by going against consumer preferences to formality by using slang, colloquialisms, or informalities can potentially damage brand growth with both new and existing consumers.Gary Drenik, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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Her second prank ended up with Ubah puking up Jenna Lyon’s perfect pavlova (not a euphemism).Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Many experts argue that both are simply euphemisms for extrajudicial executions, which the laws of armed conflict proscribe.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication.Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
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That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame.A.O. SCOTT, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
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In simple terms, your kids are consuming too much junk food.Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The result mimics traditional leather in terms of look, texture and smell, and can be tanned using traditional processes.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Street scenes, meanwhile, could only be shot with extreme caution, and usually only scenes involving the hijab, the veil for women whose removal has become a symbol in the fight for liberation and modernism.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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Verbatim: Fredric Jameson Marxist cultural critic Fredric Jameson offered a philosophy of late capitalism that gave us a language for talking about globalization and the end of modernism.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Loanword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loanword. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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