calque
IPA: kˈæɫk
noun
- (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
verb
- (linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
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Examples of "calque" in Sentences
- A calque of, possibly a calque of.
- It is not a neologism nor a calque.
- Perhaps a calque of, from the verb.
- From, from a Germanic calque of the.
- The grammatical sense is a calque of.
- A calque of the, itself a calque of the.
- The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin.
- Compound of, plural of, and, a calque of the.
- A calque of the, itself a calque of the, from.