Associations to the word «Calque»
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Wiktionary
CALQUE, noun. A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
CALQUE, verb. (transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
Dictionary definition
CALQUE, noun. An expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.