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calque
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun calque has 1 sense
- 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calque, n. Philol. = loan-translation.
Etymology
F, = copy, tracing f. calquer trace ult. f. L calcare tread
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