loan creation

noun

A compound word or expression serving to reflect a concept otherwise denoted by a loan word or an other term of formally imported elements not necessarily without using such elements but without any elements corresponding to that term perceived as imported.

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Meanings

nounloan creation (plural loan creations)

plural loan creations

  1. A compound word or expression serving to reflect a concept otherwise denoted by a loan word or an other term of formally imported elements not necessarily without using such elements but without any elements corresponding to that term perceived as imported.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see loan, creation (the disbursement of credits etc.)

Origin

From loan + creation.

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Translations

Finnish lainaluomus
  • lainaluomusnot formal but conceptual loan
German Lehnschöpfung, Lehnwortersatz
  • Lehnschöpfungnot formal but conceptual loan
  • Lehnwortersatznot formal but conceptual loan
Cite this entry
APA

loan creation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20creation

MLA

“loan creation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20creation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loan creation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20creation.

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