calque (redirected from Calques)

calque  (klk)

n.

See loan translation.

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[French, from calquer, to trace, copy, from Italian calcare, to press, from Latin calcre, to tread on, from calx, heel.]

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calque [kælk]

n

(Linguistics) another word for loan translation

vb calques, calquing, calqued

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (tr) another word for calk³

[from French: a tracing, from calquer, from Latin calcāre to tread]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

calque - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'" calque formation, loan translation locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

Translations

calque [kælk] N → calco m (on de)