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Meanings of foreign word in English

Russian
неадаптированное заимствованное слово
Spanish
palabra extranjera

Loanword that has not been adapted to the new language in terms of pronunciation, spelling, or grammar - concept and term not used in most languages; called Fremdwort in German.

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        неадаптированное заимствованное слово
        Usage of foreign word in English
        1
        Madonna is a foreign word and means a beautiful girl, doesn't it?
        Botchan (Master Darling)
        2
        Gibbons flinched at the foreign word, then squinted as if he hadn't understood.
        You can't stop me
        3
        The man twisted away and yelled some fancy foreign word.
        Imprudence
        4
        Stefan didn't know it, but she understood every foreign word he spoke to impress her.
        Witch blood
        5
        Use a foreign word if it has no English equivalent, not otherwise unless it has become Anglicized.
        Etiquette
        6
        Stint is a foreign word to most naval men, and Christmas-tide is a demonstration of this fact.
        From Lower Deck to Pulpit
        7
        A purely spiritual matter. Obviously this was a foreign word for him, he maintained an icy silence.
        The Clown
        8
        CHATON This is another fantastic example of a foreign word that sounds cute but doesn't make any sense.
        News.com.au
        9
        If, telephoning in France, you use a single foreign word, even an English one, your wire is cut.
        A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the...
        10
        Matt Larson sprang to his feet, spitting out a strange foreign word that boded no good to the intruder.
        The Shagganappi
        11
        It's probably a foreign word.
        A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
        12
        These are schools for foremen, or, if we may use a foreign word like Kindergarten, they are Meisterschaft schools.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885
        13
        In learning the pronunciation of a foreign word, for example, see that your first pronunciation of it is absolutely right.
        How to Use Your Mind / A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for...
        14
        The first foreign word I have learned is "Alohaoe", I think it means "my dearest love to you."
        The Lady of the Decoration
        15
        That is a very obscure word, to which I can only apply my old notion and declare that kakon is a foreign word.
        Cratylus
        16
        If a would-be eloquent lawyer mispronounced a foreign word, saying, for instance, "factitious" instead of "fictitious," Pyotr Dmitritch brightened up at once and asked, "What?
        The Party and Other Stories
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