loanword

🇺🇸 /ˈləʊnwɜːrd/ 🇬🇧 /ˈləʊnwɜːd/
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A word borrowed from another language and used in its original form.

The word 'robot' is a loanword from Czech.

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n. A word borrowed from another language and used in its original form.

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