noun
1.
2.
verb (used with object)
3.
to form (a word or phrase) through the process of loan translation.
Origin:
1655–65; < French, noun derivative of calquer to copy, base on < Italian calcare to trace over, tread < Latin: to trample
1655–65; < French, noun derivative of calquer to copy, base on < Italian calcare to trace over, tread < Latin: to trample
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| —n | |
| 1. | another word for loan translation |
| —vb , calques, calquing, calqued | |
| 2. | (tr) another word for calk |
| [C20: from French: a tracing, from calquer, from Latin calcāre to tread] | |
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Word Origin & History
calque
"loan translation of a foreign word or phrase," from Fr. calque, lit. "a copy," from calquer "to trace by rubbing" (itself borrowed in English 1660s as calk), from It. calcare, from L. calcare "to tread, to press down."
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