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barbarisme

barbarisme

Catalan

Noun

barbarisme m (plural barbarismes)

  1. a lexical borrowing not considered nativized within a given language; linguistic interference

Usage notes

Commonly denotes recent borrowings from Castilian into Catalan, such as algo (for quelcom, res or alguna cosa), carinyo (for afecte) or después (for després).


French

Noun

barbarisme m (plural barbarismes)

  1. barbarism