"Balticism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Balticisms [plural]
Etymology: From Baltic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Baltic|ism}} Baltic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} Balticism (plural Balticisms)
  1. A word or other feature originating in a Baltic language that has been borrowed by another language, usually a Slavic or a Finnic one. Categories (topical): Language Translations (word): Baltismus (German), baltisches Lehnwort (German), baltisms [masculine] (Latvian), baltizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), балтизм (baltizm) (Russian)

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