Meanings
pseudo-anglicism1
nounpseudo-anglicism (plural pseudo-anglicisms)
plural pseudo-anglicisms · alternative pseudo-Anglicism
- human sciencesA word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.
But does it matter if these so-called English words don’t exist in English at all? Baer doesn’t believe so. “I don’t think most people actually realise which are pseudo-anglicisms and which are real anglicisms,” he says.
2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020
pseudo-Anglicism2
nounpseudo-Anglicism (plural pseudo-Anglicisms)
plural pseudo-Anglicisms
- alternativeAlternative form of pseudo-anglicism.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian псѐвдоанглици́зъм
- псѐвдоанглици́зъм (psèvdoanglicízăm)word with an English appearance that is not current in English
Chinese Mandarin 和製英語 /和制英语
- 和製英語 /和制英语 (Hézhì Yīngyǔ)word with an English appearance that is not current in English
Czech pseudoanglicismus
- pseudoanglicismusword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Dutch pseudoanglicisme
- pseudoanglicismeword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Finnish näennäisanglismi
- näennäisanglismiword with an English appearance that is not current in English
French faux anglicisme
- faux anglicismeword with an English appearance that is not current in English
German Pseudoanglizismus, Pseudo-Anglizismus
- Pseudoanglizismusword with an English appearance that is not current in English
- Pseudo-Anglizismusword with an English appearance that is not current in English
- Scheinanglizismusword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Hungarian pszeudoanglicizmus
- pszeudoanglicizmusword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Italian pseudoanglicìsmo
- pseudoanglicìsmoword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Japanese 和製英語
- 和製英語 (wasei eigo)word with an English appearance that is not current in English
Korean 엉터리 영어
- 엉터리 영어 (eongteori yeong'eo)word with an English appearance that is not current in English
Polish pseudoanglicyzm
- pseudoanglicyzmword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Portuguese pseudoanglicismo
- pseudoanglicismoword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Russian псѐвдоанглици́зм
- псѐвдоанглици́зм (psèvdoanglicízm)word with an English appearance that is not current in English
Spanish falso anglicismo, pseudoanglicismo
- falso anglicismoword with an English appearance that is not current in English
- pseudoanglicismoword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Turkish psödoanglisizm
- psödoanglisizmword with an English appearance that is not current in English
Cite this entry
APA
pseudo-anglicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo-anglicism
MLA
“pseudo-anglicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo-anglicism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudo-anglicism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudo-anglicism.
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