pseudo-anglicism

English

Alternative forms

pseudo-Anglicism

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ anglicism.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)

Noun

Examples

Polish: pendrive (“flash drive”) from a trademark for flash drives owned by Phison Electronics Corporation (US).
Dutch: beamer m (“video projector”)
German: Handy n (“mobile phone”)
French: auto-stop m (“hitchhiking”), baby-foot m (“table football”), footing m (“jogging”)
Italian: smart working m (“work from home, remote working”), baby parking m (“childcare”)
Japanese: コスプレ (kosupure, “cosplay”) from "costume play"
Spanish: playback m (“lip-syncing”)

pseudo-anglicism (plural pseudo-anglicisms)

(linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.

Related terms

Translations

word with an English appearance that is not current in English

Bulgarian: псевдоанглицизъм m (psevdoanglicizǎm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和製英語 / 和制英语 (zh) (hézhì yīngyǔ) (Japanese pseudo-anglicism)
Czech: pseudoanglicismus m
Dutch: pseudoanglicisme
Finnish: näennäisanglismi (fi)
French: faux anglicisme (fr) m
German: Pseudoanglizismus (de) m, Pseudo-Anglizismus (de) m, Scheinanglizismus (de) m
Hungarian: pszeudoanglicizmus
Italian: pseudoanglicismo (it) m
Japanese: 和製英語 (ja) (わせいえいご, wasei eigo) (Japanese pseudo-anglicism)
Korean: 엉터리 영어 (eongteori yeong'eo)
Luxembourgish: Schäinanglizismus m, Pseudoanglizismus m
Occitan: anglicisme faus m, pseudo-anglicisme m
Portuguese: pseudoanglicismo (pt) m
Russian: псевдоанглици́зм (ru) m (psevdoanglicízm)
Spanish: falso anglicismo m, pseudoanglicismo m
Turkish: psödoanglisizm

See also

Category:Pseudo-loans from English by language, Category:Pseudo-loans by language
Anglicism
Englishism
wasei eigo

Further reading

pseudo-anglicism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
wasei-eigo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia