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Word: calque (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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Verb:

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

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