xenisme

See also: xénisme

Catalan

Etymology

From French xénisme.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈniz.mə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈniz.me/

Noun

xenisme m (plural xenismes)

An unadapted loanword designating a culturally-significant object or concept which has no exact equivalent in the borrowing language.

Hypernyms

estrangerisme

Further reading

“xenisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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