Calque

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk

Origin

From French calque ("calque/loan translation"), from French calquer ("to trace"), from Italian calcare.

Full definition of calque

Noun

1. A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Synonyms

• loan translation

Verb

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

Anagrams

• claque