calque

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Conceptes

calc

calc lingüístic

Sinònims

loan translation

calque formation

Traduccions

calque

Lehnübersetzung

calco

calco

leenvertaling

Lehnprägung

Bedeutungslehnwort

decalque

decalque lingüístico

μεταφραστικό δάνειο

letterlijke vertaling

woordelijke vertaling

calque

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kælk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation.