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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
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
Calque, v. t.
Definition: See 2d Calk, v. t.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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