calque
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: calqué
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French calque (“calque/loan translation”), from French calquer (“to trace”), from Italian calcare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calque (plural calques)
- A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
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- The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language
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Verb[edit]
calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)
- (transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
Translations[edit]
to adopt a word by translation of its parts
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Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
calque
- first-person singular present subjunctive of calcar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of calcar
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From calquer.
Noun[edit]
calque m (plural calques)
- tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
- calque (a loan translation)
Anagrams[edit]
External links[edit]
- “calque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -awki
Verb[edit]
calque
- first-person singular present subjunctive of calcar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of calcar
- third-person singular imperative of calcar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
calque
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calcar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calcar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of calcar.
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