English Explanatory Dictionary

semantic loan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process of borrowing semantic meaning from another language, where the complete word in the borrowing language already exists; the change is that its meaning is extended to include another meaning its existing translation has in the lending language.

Word forms

semantic loan semantic loans

Synonyms

semantic calque

Related words

loan meaning calque loan translation loanword
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