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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.]
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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"
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2) Tolkien creates a fourth pair of counterparts in Weal[thorn]eow and Eowyn by having Eowyn ceremoniously serve Theoden a cup of wine (156), a calque of Weal[thorn]eow's first actions in Beowulf (612-28).
Heorot or Meduseld?: Tolkien's use of Beowulf in "The King of the ... by Kightley, Michael R. / Mythlore
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