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The meaning of the word "Calque" in English


Calque v. t. : See 2d Calk, v. t.

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calques, English, German, Latin, languages, Dutch, Harper, Afrikaans, Russian, Italian, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Chinese, grass, mud, horse, Greek root, Gr, Russ.

Defination from the web:
calque (pronounced /kælk/) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word ... English scapegoat, a mistaken calque of Hebrew עזאזל (Azazel) as ez ozel ( literally, "the goat that departs"; hence "(e)scape goat" ... 

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  (noun) calque formation
  (noun) loan translation
  (noun) expression
  (noun) locution
  (noun) saying


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