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Definition of calque

calque
Calk Calk (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E. calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also calque]
Calque
Calque Calque, v. t. See 2d Calk, v. t.

Meaning of calque from wikipedia

- In linguistics, a calque (/kælk/) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation...
- list contains examples of calques in various languages. Running dog calques Chinese: 走狗; pinyin: zǒu gǒu. brainwashing calques Chinese: 洗腦; pinyin: xǐ nǎo...
- In linguistics, an etymological calque is a lexical item calqued from another language by replicating the etymology of the borrowed lexical item although...
- pronunciation: [lɛse le bɔ̃ tɑ̃ ʁule]) is a Louisiana French phrase. The phrase is a calque of the English phrase "let the good times roll", that is, a word-for-word...
- French mercredi, Spanish miércoles or Italian mercoledì, the day's name is a calque of Latin dies Mercurii 'day of Mercury'. Wednesday is in the middle of the...
- term in philology.[dubious – discuss] It was possibly a calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio. Afterword Epigraph Introduction Preface...
- lexical items) from another language, very similar to the formation of calques. In this case, however, the complete word in the borrowing language already...
- commonplace is a calque of locus communis, itself a calque of Gr**** κοινός τόπος. subject matter is a calque of subiecta māteria, itself a calque of Aristotle's...
- The Eternal Jew is a calque of the German Der Ewige Jude, referring to the Wandering Jew archetype. It may refer to: The Eternal Jew (play), 1906 Yiddish-language...
- American, "to stay" is preferred. "To stay" may have arisen due to an English calque of the Portuguese ser, estar, or ficar. Eh? ([æ̃ː˧˦]) is a tag question...