xénisme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξενισμός (xenismós, “strangeness, novelty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡze.nism/ ~ /ɡze.nizm/
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Noun

xénisme m (plural xénismes)

  1. (linguistics) foreignism, a foreign word used in a language but is not yet a loanword for it stands out as foreign

Descendants

  • → Catalan: xenisme
  • → English: xenism
  • → German: Xenismus
  • → Romanian: xenism
  • → Russian: ксени́зм (ksenízm)

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