Calque

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See loan translation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
  • v. To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See 2d calk, v. t.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See calk.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
    • Verb Form
    calqued    calques    calquing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expression    saying    locution   
    Cross Reference
    Hobson-Jobson    metaphrase    loan word   
    Variant
    calk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    loan translation   
     
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