semantic loan

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A process of borrowing semantic meaning from another language, where the complete word in the borrowing language already exists; the change is that its meaning is extended to include another meaning its existing translation has in the lending language.

Equivalents

DeutschBedeutungsentlehnung

Русскийсеманти́ческая ка́лька

日本語意味借用

6 more languages

العربيةاِقْتِرَاض مَعْنَوِيّ

Danskbetydningslån

Ελληνικάσημασιολογικό δάνειο

Suomimerkityslaina

Nederlandsbetekenisontlening

Polskikalka znaczeniowa

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

semantic memory semantic net semantic network semantic satiation semantic shift semantic tableau

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