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- German · calque ofLehnbedeutung
- English todayloan meaning
From loan + meaning. Calque of German Lehnbedeutung.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A meaning that has been borrowed from a word in another language, through a process of semantic loan. Full definition →
From loan + meaning. Calque of German Lehnbedeutung.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.