- another word for loan translation
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calque
(kalk),USA pronunciation n., v., calqued, cal•quing. [Ling.]
n.
v.t.
n.
- Linguisticsa loan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula.
- Linguisticsloanshift.
v.t.
- Linguisticsto form (a word or phrase) through the process of loan translation.
- Latin: to trample
- Italian calcare to trace over, tread
- French, noun, nominal derivative of calquer to copy, base on
- 1655–65
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calque /kælk/ n
'calque' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
loan translation
- adverb
- annul
- apparition
- Bogomil
- butterbread
- curtain
- Doukhobor
- escapement
- flittermouse
- florilegium
- parcourse
- Sobor
- souterrain
- soviet