semicultismo
Spanish, noun/semikulˈtismo/
semicultismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “semi-learned borrowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un vocablo: que su curso de transformaciones morfológicas quedó a mitad de camino entre un cultismo…”.
What does semicultismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemi-learned borrowing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dicho de un vocablo: que su curso de transformaciones morfológicas quedó a mitad de camino entre un cultismo y una palabra patrimonial.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of semicultismo
- semicultismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semicultismo?
- /semikulˈtismo/
- [se.mi.kul̪ˈt̪iz.mo]
- [semikul̪ˈt̪ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.