Calque

Meaning

Noun

●

In Linguistics & Translation studies:

A

or

in

by

or morpheme-by-morpheme

of a

in another language.

Verb

●

In Linguistics & Translation studies:

To

(a

or

) from one language to another by

of its parts.

Sourced from

Origin

calque

English

calque

French

calco

Italian

calquer

French

calcare

Italian

calcare

Latin

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