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lusism

lusism noun: any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.

Noun (1)

lusism (plural lusisms)

  1. Any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
    • In addition to this, many of the basic hereditary lexemes still used in Tetun-Terik have been replaced by lusisms (borrowings from the Portuguese) in Tetum-Praça.2009, Geoffrey Hull, Standard Tetum--English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, Introduction, page x

Noun (2) capitalized: Lusism

Lusism (plural Lusisms)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of lusism.

Forms of lusism

plurallusisms
alternative formLusism
pluralLusisms

Questions about lusism

What does lusism mean?
Lusism means any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
What part of speech is lusism?
Lusism is a noun.
What is the plural of lusism?
The plural of lusism is lusisms.

Words near lusism in the dictionary

  1. Lusi
  2. lusiferase
  3. Lusignan
  4. Lusignans
  5. lusinotropic
  6. lusism
  7. lusisms
  8. Lusitania
  9. lusitanian
  10. Lusitanians
  11. Lusitanic

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