Meanings
nounloan meaning (plural loan meanings)
plural loan meanings
- human sciencesA meaning that has been borrowed from a word in another language, through a process of semantic loan.
Origin
- GermanLehnbedeutung
- Englishloan meaning
From loan + meaning. Calque of German Lehnbedeutung.
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Dutch leenbetekenis
- leenbetekenisTranslations
Finnish merkityslaina
- merkityslainaTranslations
German Lehnbedeutung
- LehnbedeutungTranslations
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APA
loan meaning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20meaning
MLA
“loan meaning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20meaning. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loan meaning,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loan%20meaning.
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