Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of reborrow.
  • noun linguistics A word taken back from another language or the process involved in this. Such words may have changed in meaning or form.
  • noun Something reborrowed.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word reborrowing.

Examples

  • It looks like there are no cognate Austronesian forms in your list, so as a long shot it could be a reborrowing from a Dutch or English pluralization of the original.

    languagehat.com: LENGKUA/GALANGAL. 2005

  • Pending such use, Chesapeake plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving bank credit facility, which it anticipates reborrowing from time to time to meet capital expenditure initiatives.

    unknown title 2012

  • Pending such use, Chesapeake plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving bank credit facility, which it anticipates reborrowing from time to time to meet capital expenditure initiatives.

    unknown title 2012

  • Additionally, Chesapeake said it "anticipates reborrowing [under its revolving bank credit facility] from time to time to fund drilling and leasehold acquisition initiatives and for general corporate purposes."

    BloggingStocks 2009

  • My point with all that, is that I have been thinking about a term to use for those books - the ones you end up reborrowing - so today, my library loot is split into new loot, and reloot! by Melody Thomas - I just recently read the first book in this series.

    ReadingAdventures 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.