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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] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Shippey observes that there is a strong association between the Riders of Rohan in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and the Anglo-Saxons of poetry and history, and more specifically that "the chapter 'The King of the Golden Hall' is straightforwardly calqued on Beowulf" (94). We had previously calqued soft pencil guide lines on the Charter pages where each signatory was to position his signature. |
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