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Loanword vs Gallicism - What's the difference?

loanword | gallicism |

As nouns the difference between loanword and gallicism

is that loanword is a word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation while gallicism is a loanword borrowed from French.

loanword

English

Alternative forms

* loan word

Noun

(wikipedia loanword) (en noun)
  • A word directly taken into one language from another one with little or no translation.
    • The word ''exit'' is a loanword from Latin.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * borrowing * foreign word (informal)

    See also

    * calque * semantic loan * loan translation * foreign word English compound words

    gallicism

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loanword borrowed from French