calque
pronunciation
How to pronounce calque in British English:
UK [kælk]
How to pronounce calque in American English:
US [kælk]
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- Noun:
- an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
Word Origin
- calque (n.)
- "loan translation of a foreign word or phrase," from French calque, literally "a copy," from calquer "to trace by rubbing" (itself borrowed in English 1660s as calk), introduced 16c. from Italian calcare, from Latin calcare "to tread, to press down."