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borrow verb

  /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ , /ˈbɒɹ.əʊ/ , [ˈboːɹo(ʊ)] , [ˈbɔ(ː)ɹo(ʊ)]
  • To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
 emprunter
  • (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
 emprunter, retenir

borrower noun

  /ˈbɑɹoʊɚ/ , /ˈbɔɹəʊə/
  • One who borrows.
 emprunteur, emprunteuse

borrowing

emprunt

borrowed

emprunté
learned borrowing
emprunt savant
semi-learned borrowing
emprunt demi-savant
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