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calque

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6 lettersPronunciation /kælk/Part of speech nounSorted acelquStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language

Word origin

From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation.

Used in a sentence

  • David S. Powers, professor of Islamic history and law at Cornell, says he thinks that the word as used today is in the nature of what linguists call a calque, a borrowing from another language in literal translation […]
  • One of the primary benefits of calque is its ability to enhance cross-cultural communication.

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