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
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
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.
While the term calque is a loanword from French, the term loanword is a calque of German.
• claque
Source: Wiktionary
Calque, v. t.
Definition: See 2d Calk, v. t.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
