VDict - Definition of calque

English - English (Wordnet) dictionary (also found in French - Vietnamese)

calque

Noun

an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
- `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'

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Words contain "calque":
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calque calque formation loan translation