Anglicism

See also: anglicism

English

Alternative forms

• anglicism (less common)

Etymology

Etymology tree

West Germanicbor.

Latin Anglus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin Anglicus

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English Anglicism

From Latin Anglicus + English -ism. By surface analysis, Anglic + -ism.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăng′glĭ-sĭz(ə)m; IPA^(key): (weak vowel distinction) /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.sɪz(ə̯)m̩/, (weak vowel merger) /ˈæŋ.ɡlə.sɪz(ə̯)m̩/

• Audio (Australia):

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• Rhymes: -ɪzəm
• Hyphenation: An‧gli‧cism

Noun

Anglicism (plural Anglicisms)

1. An Englishism: a word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language.
2. A Briticism: a word or other feature in the English language that is specific to, or characteristic of, British English.

   Coordinate term: Americanism

3. A cultural aspect typical of the English people.

Coordinate terms

• (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (Anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

foreignismsedit

• Akkadianism, Akkadism
• Americanism
• Amharism
• Anglicism
• Arabism
• Aramaism, Aramaicism, Arameanism, Aramism
• Armenism
• Australianism
• Batavism
• Belorussianism
• Bengalism
• Briticism
• Bulgarism
• Catalanism
• Church Slavism, Church Slavicism, Church Slavonicism, Slavonicism
• Croatism
• Czechism, Bohemism, Bohemianism
• Gaelicism
• Gallicism, Frenchism
• Germanism, Teutonism
• Grecism, Hellenism
• Hebraism, Hebraicism
• Hispanism, Hispanicism, Castilianism
• Hungarianism, Magyarism
• Indianism
• Iranianism
• Irishism
• Italianism, Italicism
• Japanism
• Kazakhism
• Latinism
• Macedonianism, Macedonism
• Mandaism
• Moravianism
• New Zealandism
• Persianism
• Phoenicianism
• Polonism
• Portuguesism, Lusitanism
• Russianism
• Scotticism
• Semitism
• Serbism
• Serbo-Croatism
• Sinicism
• Slavism, Slavicism, Slavoidism
• Slovenism, Pannonianism
• Sumerianism, Sumerism
• Syriacism
• Turkism
• Ugaritism
• Ukrainism, Ukrainianism
• Uzbekism
• Yiddishism

Derived terms

• pseudo-Anglicism
• pseudo-anglicism
• pseudoanglicism

Related terms

• Anglican
• Anglicanism
• Anglicisation
• anglicisation
• Anglicise
• anglicise
• anglicization
• Anglicization
• anglicize
• Anglicize

Translations

word or other feature borrowed from English to another language

• Armenian: անգլիաբանություն (hy) (angliabanutʻyun), անգլիցիզմ (anglicʻizm)
• Catalan: anglicisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英國英語 / 英国英语 (Yīngguó yīngyǔ) (word(s)), 英式用語 / 英式用语 (Yīngshì yòngyǔ), 英國特色 / 英国特色 (Yīngguó tèsè) (other features)

• Czech: anglicismus (cs) m
• Danish: anglicisme c
• Dutch: anglicisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: anglismo
• Estonian: anglitsism
• Finnish: anglismi (fi)
• French: anglicisme (fr) m
• Galician: anglicismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ანგლიციზმი (anglicizmi)
• German: Anglizismus (de) m
• Greek: αγγλισμός (el) m (anglismós)
• Hungarian: anglicizmus (hu)
• Irish: Béarlachas m
• Italian: anglicismo (it) m, anglismo (it) m, inglesismo (it) m
• Macedonian: англи́зам m (anglízam)
• Malay: keinggerisan, anglisisme
• Manx: Baarlaghys
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anglisisme (no) m

  Nynorsk: anglisisme m

• Polish: anglicyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: anglicismo (pt) m
• Russian: англици́зм (ru) m (anglicízm)
• Scottish Gaelic: Beurlachd f, Beurlachas m
• Serbo-Croatian: anglicìzam (sh) m, anglìzam (sh) m
• Sicilian: angricìsimu m, ngrisìsimu m
• Slovak: anglicizmus (sk) m
• Spanish: anglicismo (es) m
• Swedish: anglicism (sv) c
• Ukrainian: англіци́зм (uk) m (anhlicýzm)

Briticism — see Briticism

cultural aspect

• Armenian: անգլիականություն (angliakanutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: англици́зъм m (anglicízăm)
• Finnish: englantilainen piirre
• Macedonian: англици́зам m (anglicízam)
• Polish: anglicyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: anglicismo (pt) m
• Russian: англици́зм (ru) m (anglicízm)

See also

• Englishism

Further reading

• “Anglicism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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