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false borrowing

false borrowing noun: a pseudo-loan.

Noun

false borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural false borrowings)

  1. A pseudo-loan.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, borrowing.

Forms of false borrowing

pluralfalse borrowings

Questions about false borrowing

What does false borrowing mean?
False borrowing means a pseudo-loan.
What part of speech is false borrowing?
False borrowing is a noun.
What is the plural of false borrowing?
The plural of false borrowing is false borrowings.

Words near false borrowing in the dictionary

  1. false banana
  2. false bananas
  3. False Bay
  4. false blue indigo
  5. false blue indigos
  6. false borrowing
  7. false borrowings
  8. false bottom
  9. false bottoms
  10. false buttonweed
  11. false cause

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