Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A word that a language has borrowed from other languages. In the process, the spelling and pronunciation, and even meaning, may be altered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: loanword
Antonyms: none provided
History
From gain + word.
