Definitions For Reborrowing
Noun
REBORROWING (plural REBORROWINGs) (linguistics) A word that passed from language A into language B and thence back into language A. Such words may have changed in meaning and/or form. : {{ux, en, {{m+, en, football}} became {{m+, de, Fußball}}, from which we got the reborrowing foosball.}} Something reborrowed. {{rfex, en}}Related terms
borrowing twice-borrowedTranslations
Finnish: takaisinlaina German: Rückentlehnung, f Greek: αντιδάνειο, nVerb
{{present participle of, en, reborrow, nocat=1}}See also
:category:english twice-borrowed termsIs Reborrowing a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
NO
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
NO
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20
The word Reborrowing is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends