xénisme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξενισμός (xenismós, “strangeness, novelty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡze.nism/, /ɡze.nizm/
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Noun

xénisme m (plural xénismes)

(linguistics) foreignism, a foreign word used in a language but is not yet a loanword for it stands out as foreign

Descendants

→ Catalan: xenisme
→ English: xenism
→ German: Xenismus
→ Romanian: xenism
→ Russian: ксени́зм (ksenízm)

Further reading

“xénisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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