8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
originA calque of German Lehnwort, equivalent to loan + word. Compare West Frisian lienwurd, Dutch leenwoord, Danish låneord, Swedish lånord, Icelandic lánsorð.
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