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loan translations

loan translations is the plural of loan translation.

Meaning of loan translation

Noun

loan translation (countable and uncountable, plural loan translations)

  1. (countable, result of act or process) Synonym of calque.
    • To support his definition, Betz discusses various examples of loan translation from Latin and English as in German Wolkenkratzer after English skyscraper, Gegengift ('antidote') after Latin contravenenum, Mitleid ('compasssion') after Latin compassio, and Gewissen ('conscience') after Latin...2007, Alexander Onysko, Anglicisms in German
    Synonyms:
    calque
  2. (uncountable, act or process) Synonym of calquing.
    Synonyms:
    calquing

Questions about loan translations

What is loan translations the plural of?
Loan translations is the plural of loan translation.

Words near loan translations in the dictionary

  1. loan sharking
  2. loan sharks
  3. loan term
  4. loan terms
  5. loan translation
  6. loan translations
  7. loan word
  8. loan words
  9. loan-back
  10. loan-backs
  11. loan-blend

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