Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 6 compound words that contain borrowing. The most common are listed below. Open borrowing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- learned borrowingA word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.
- borrowing cardA paper card used to record the borrowing of a book in a library before the advent of computer systems.
- borrowing troublepresent participle and gerund of borrow trouble
- semi-learned borrowingA word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a later one, but partly reshaped based on later sound changes or by analogy with inherited words in the language. These words occur, for example, in the Romance and …
- borrowing from Peter to pay Paulpresent participle and gerund of borrow from Peter to pay Paul
- learnèd borrowingAlternative spelling of learned borrowing: A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another purposely instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.
- borrowing daysThe last three days of March, supposed in Scottish and Irish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy.
- borrowing cardsplural of borrowing card: A paper card used to record the borrowing of a book in a library before the advent of computer systems.
- false borrowingA pseudo-loan.
- semantic borrowingthe hypernym for loan meanings, also known as semantic loans, and loan formations.
- pseudo-borrowingSynonym of pseudo-loan: A term which appears to be (and may be thought of by speakers as) a loanword from another language, even being formed from elements found in that language, but which does not exist as a word in that language with …
- borrowing a leaf out of someone's bookpresent participle and gerund of borrow a leaf out of someone's book
Compound words 6
- preborrowingPrior to borrowing.
- unborrowingNot borrowing.
- nonborrowingNot borrowing.
- proborrowingIn favour of a policy of borrowing money.
- outborrowingpresent participle and gerund of outborrow
- overborrowingpresent participle and gerund of overborrow