CALQUE

calque, calque formation, loan translation

(noun) an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; “‘superman’ is a calque for the German ‘Ubermensch’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

calque (plural calques)

(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Synonyms: loan translation, calquing

Verb

calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)

(linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

Trivia

While the term calque is a loanword from French, the term loanword is a calque of German.

Anagrams

• claque

Source: Wiktionary

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Calque, v. t.

Definition: See 2d Calk, v. t.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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