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learned borrowings

learned borrowings is the plural 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.

Questions about learned borrowings

What is learned borrowings the plural of?
Learned borrowings is the plural of learned borrowing.

Words near learned borrowings in the dictionary

  1. learnables
  2. learnd
  3. learne
  4. learned
  5. learned borrowing
  6. learned borrowings
  7. learned Chinese
  8. learned from experience
  9. learned helplessness
  10. learned loan
  11. learned loans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: learned borrowings (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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