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calque

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calque  (klk)
n.
See loan translation.
[French, from calquer, to trace, copy, from Italian calcare, to press, from Latin calcre, to tread on, from calx, heel.]
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]
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Noun1.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)
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