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loan coinage

loan coinage noun: a new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.

Noun

loan coinage (plural loan coinages)

  1. A new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.

Forms of loan coinage

pluralloan coinages

Origin of loan coinage

From loan + coinage.

Questions about loan coinage

What does loan coinage mean?
Loan coinage means a new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.
What part of speech is loan coinage?
Loan coinage is a noun.
What is the plural of loan coinage?
The plural of loan coinage is loan coinages.

Words near loan coinage in the dictionary

  1. loan
  2. loan blend
  3. loan blends
  4. loan car
  5. loan cars
  6. loan coinage
  7. loan coinages
  8. loan creation
  9. loan creations
  10. loan formation
  11. loan formations

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