foreignism

English

Etymology

foreign +‎ -ism

Noun

foreignism (plural foreignisms)

A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.
Synonym: alienism

Hyponyms

(foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism

See also

loanword

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