English Explanatory Dictionary

loanshift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation in which a word changes or extends its meaning under the influence of another language.
  2. A word whose meaning has changed in this way.
verb
  1. To change a word in this way.

Word forms

loanshift loanshifts loanshifting loanshifted

Etymology

From loan + shift.

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