"外来語" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡa̠iɾa̠iɡo̞] Forms: 外来語 [canonical] (ruby: (がい), (らい), ()), gairaigo [romanization], gwairaigo [romanization], ぐわいらいご [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 外来 (gairai, “foreign”) + 語 (-go, “morpheme; word; expression”). First used by Ueda Kazutoshi in 1895, likely as a calque of German Fremdwort. Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|外来|語|sort=かいらいご'|t1=foreign|t2=morpheme; word; expression|tr1=gairai|tr2=go}} 外来 (gairai, “foreign”) + 語 (-go, “morpheme; word; expression”), {{cal|ja|de|Fremdwort|nocap=y|sort=かいらいご'}} calque of German Fremdwort Head templates: {{ja-noun|がいらいご|hhira=ぐわいらいご}} 外(がい)来(らい)語(ご) • (gairaigo) ^(←ぐわいらいご (gwairaigo)?)
  1. (linguistics) a "recent" loanword, a Japanese word that has been borrowed since the modernization of Japan during the Meiji era from a modern foreign language, especially a European one; compare 借用語 (shakuyōgo) Wikipedia link: Gairaigo, ja:上田萬年, ja:外来語 Categories (topical): Linguistics

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