"semantic borrowing" meaning in English

See semantic borrowing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: semantic borrowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semantic borrowing (plural semantic borrowings)
  1. the hypernym for loan meanings, also known as semantic loans, and loan formations.
    Sense id: en-semantic_borrowing-en-noun-VYFxmy~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Linguistics

Inflected forms

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