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Word: Calque
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1930s: from French, literally ‘copy, tracing’, from calquer ‘to trace’, via Italian from Latin calcare ‘to tread’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kalk
Dialects: British English
Word: Calque
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kalk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
originate or function as a loan translation of
Short Definition:originate or function as loan translation of
Examples:- ‘it goes without saying’ is calqued on French ‘cela va sans dire’
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