Meanings
plural loanblends · alternative loan blend · alternative loan-blend
- A compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements; a partial calque.
Synonyms: partial calque, semi-calque
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements; a partial calque.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., ‘monolingual’ has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish osittainen käännöslaina
- osittainen käännöslainaexpression of native and foreign elements
German Lehnverbindung, Teilersetzung
- Lehnverbindungexpression of native and foreign elements
- Teilersetzungexpression of native and foreign elements
- Halblehnwortexpression of native and foreign elements
- Mischkompositumexpression of native and foreign elements
Welsh gair cymysgiaith
- gair cymysgiaithexpression of native and foreign elements
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
loanblend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanblend
“loanblend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanblend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loanblend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanblend.
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