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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Borrowing words #54426 01/30/2002 12:13 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London I agree with Bingley: a loanword is a borrowing, with the ordinary process of importing the word as is. A calque is the usual linguistics term for the other, where the pieces are translated separately, then recombined, such as gratte-de-ciel and Wolkenkratzer for skyscraper. This is also what I understand by loan translation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Borrowing words Jackie 01/30/2002 2:47 AM Re: Borrowing words Bingley 01/30/2002 4:39 AM Re: Borrowing words NicholasW 01/30/2002 12:13 PM Re: Borrowing words Jackie 01/30/2002 2:03 PM Re: Borrowing words wwh 01/30/2002 2:52 PM Re: Ears and ears Faldage 01/30/2002 3:02 PM Re: Ears and ears wwh 01/30/2002 6:15 PM Re: Ears and ears Faldage 01/30/2002 6:22 PM . Max Quordlepleen 01/30/2002 8:42 PM Re: May I have some pie on Sunday? Jackie 01/31/2002 2:39 AM . Max Quordlepleen 01/31/2002 3:04 AM Re: May I have some pie on Sunday? Bingley 01/31/2002 4:49 AM Re: May I have some pie on Sunday? of troy 01/31/2002 1:30 PM . Max Quordlepleen 01/31/2002 9:39 PM Re: May I have some pie on Sunday? of troy 01/31/2002 9:50 PM Re: Sunnuntai Faldage 01/31/2002 10:32 AM Re: Sunnuntai AnnaStrophic 01/31/2002 1:29 PM Re: Maanantai - Perjantai Faldage 01/31/2002 1:47 PM Re: Maanantai - Perjantai NicholasW 01/31/2002 2:35 PM Re: Maanantai - Perjantai Faldage 01/31/2002 2:50 PM Re: Maanantai - Perjantai NicholasW 02/01/2002 9:37 AM Re: Maanantai - Perjantai Capital Kiwi 02/01/2002 8:49 PM 2 cents worth... of troy 02/01/2002 8:58 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/01/2002 10:26 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/02/2002 2:24 AM Re: Borrowing words Akatsukami 01/31/2002 10:49 PM Re: Borrowing words of troy 02/01/2002 12:13 AM Re: Borrowing words Akatsukami 02/01/2002 10:06 PM milky thoughts of troy 02/02/2002 12:39 AM Re: milky thoughts Akatsukami 02/02/2002 4:22 AM Re: milky thoughts maverick 02/03/2002 12:23 PM Re: milky thoughts Faldage 02/03/2002 12:42 PM Re: Borrowing words doc_comfort 02/02/2002 2:57 AM Re: Borrowing words maverick 02/01/2002 10:50 AM Re: Borrowing words of troy 02/01/2002 3:32 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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