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learnèd borrowing

learnèd borrowing is the alternative spelling of learned borrowing.

Meaning of learned borrowing

Noun

learned borrowing (plural learned borrowings)

  1. A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.

Forms of learnèd borrowing

plurallearnèd borrowings

Questions about learnèd borrowing

What is learnèd borrowing the alternative spelling of?
Learnèd borrowing is the alternative spelling of learned borrowing.

Words near learnèd borrowing in the dictionary

  1. learnt to walk before one could run
  2. learny
  3. learnyng
  4. Learnys
  5. learnèd
  6. learnèd borrowing
  7. learnèd borrowings
  8. learnèdly
  9. learnèdness
  10. learnéd
  11. Learoyd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: learnèd borrowing (page history and authors); learned borrowing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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