"borrowing" meaning in English

See borrowing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-us-borrowing.ogg [US] Forms: borrowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural borrowings)
  1. An instance of something being borrowed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-borrowing-en-noun-cAWLI7VA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 34 42 5
  2. (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-borrowing-en-noun-~MlUN2tz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 34 42 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: borrowing card, false borrowing, learned borrowing, pseudo-borrowing, reborrowing, semantic borrowing, semi-learned borrowing

Verb

Audio: en-us-borrowing.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} borrowing
  1. present participle and gerund of borrow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: borrow
    Sense id: en-borrowing-en-verb-6d-Vq0sV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 34 42 5
  2. (slang, crime) Slang term for shoplifting. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-borrowing-en-verb-xgjusXZO

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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