xénisme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξενισμός (xenismós, “strangeness, novelty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡze.nism/, /ɡze.nizm/

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Noun

xénisme m (plural xénismes)

1. (linguistics) foreignism, a foreign word used in a language but is not yet a loanword for it stands out as foreign

Descendants

• → Catalan: xenisme
• → English: xenism
• → German: Xenismus
• → Romanian: xenism
• → Russian: ксени́зм (ksenízm)

Further reading

• “xénisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.