loan formation

English

Etymology

loan +‎ formation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

loan formation (plural loan formations)

this is the hypernym for loan rendering / loan rendition and loan translation, and optionally also for loan creation (usage varies)
Hypernyms: loan coinage, semantic borrowing
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see loan,‎ formation (in banking etc.)

Translations

not formal but conceptual loan

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lainasanan muodostus
German: Lehnbildung (de) f, Lehnformung (de) f (distinguished from Lehnbildung by excluding loan creations)
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: please add this translation if you can

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