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calque

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–noun

1.	a 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.

2.	loanshift.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to form (a word or phrase) through the process of loan translation.

[Origin: 1655–65; < F, n. deriv. of calquer to copy, base on < It calcare to trace over, tread < L: to trample

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calque Audio Help (kālk) Pronunciation Key
n. See loan translation.

[French, from calquer, to trace, copy, from Italian calcare, to press, from Latin calcāre, to tread on, from calx, heel.]

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loan translation
n. A form of borrowing from one language to another whereby the semantic components of a given term are literally translated into their equivalents in the borrowing language. English superman, for example, is a loan translation from German Übermensch. Also called calque.

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calque
noun
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "'superman' is a calque for the German 'Ubermensch'"

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calque

Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E. calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also calque]

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