calque

Noun, Verb (usu participle)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

calque(n = noun.communication) calque formation, loan translation - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"

is a kind of expression, locution, saying

calque, v. t.

See 2d Calk, v. t. [1913 Webster]

calque, n. Philol. = loan-translation.

Etymology

F, = copy, tracing f. calquer trace ult. f. L calcare tread

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