calque

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English

Pronunciation

IPA /kælk/

Noun

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.“The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".”

Verb

calque verb

To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

Related terms

Synonyms

calquing loan translation partial calque homologue semi-calque semantic calque equivalence analogy similect homolog synonym proportional analogy loanblend paronym false cognate phono-semantic matching formal equivalence

Associated

loanword literal tracing phrase translation literally borrowed word greek meaning latin loan

Rhymes

talc calc-visicalc balkh falck

References