"calque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kælk/ Audio: en-us-calque.ogg Forms: calques [plural]
Rhymes: -ælk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|calque||calque|lit=copy, tracing}} French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), {{doublet|en|calk#Etymology_2|notext=1}} calk, {{der|en|it|calcare}} Italian calcare, {{der|en|la|calcō|calcāre|t=to tread}} Latin calcāre (“to tread”), {{doublet|en|calcate|calcation}} Doublet of calcate and calcation Head templates: {{en-noun}} calque (plural calques)
  1. (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Translation studies Synonyms: loan translation, calquing Hyponyms: partial calque Derived forms: semantic calque, semi-calque Related terms: metaphrase Coordinate_terms: Hobson-Jobson, loanword Translations (word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language): leenvertaling (Afrikaans), calque (Afrikaans), تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة (tarjama iqtirāḍiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), բառապատճեն (baṙapatčen) (Armenian), ка́лька (kálʹka) [feminine] (Belarusian), drevezadenn [feminine] (Breton), ка́лка (kálka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), calc [masculine] (Catalan), 借譯 (Chinese Cantonese), 借译 (ze³ jik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 借譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 借译 (jièyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 仿造詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 仿造词 (fǎngzàocí) (Chinese Mandarin), kalk [masculine] (Czech), oversættelseslån [neuter] (Danish), leenvertaling [feminine] (Dutch), paŭso (Esperanto), tradukprunto (Esperanto), kalkeo (Esperanto), umsetingarlán [neuter] (Faroese), týðingarlán [neuter] (Faroese), tøkutýðing [feminine] (Faroese), käännöslaina (Finnish), calque [masculine] (French), კალკი (ḳalḳi) (Georgian), Lehnübersetzung [feminine] (German), μεταφραστικό δάνειο (metafrastikó dáneio) [neuter] (Greek), εκτύπωμα (ektýpoma) [neuter] (Greek), tükörfordítás (Hungarian), tükörszó (Hungarian), kalk (Hungarian), tökuþýðing [feminine] (Icelandic), pinjam terjemah (Indonesian), lomaistriúchán [masculine] (Irish), calco [masculine] (Italian), 翻訳借用 (hon'yaku shakuyō) (alt: ほんやくしゃくよう) (Japanese), 번역차용 (beonyeokchayong) (alt: 翻譯借用) (Korean), kalks [masculine] (Latvian), преведеница (prevedenica) [feminine] (Macedonian), калка (kalka) [feminine] (Macedonian), oversettingslån [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), oversettelseslån [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), omsetjingslån [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), گرتهبرداری (gerte-bardâri) (Persian), kalka [feminine] (Polish), decalque [masculine] (Portuguese), decalque linguístico [masculine] (Portuguese), calc [neuter] (Romanian), ка́лька (kálʹka) [feminine] (Russian), ка̏лк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȁlk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kalk [masculine] (Slovak), kalk [masculine] (Slovene), calco [masculine] (Spanish), översättningslån [neuter] (Swedish), แคลเก้ (Thai), öyküntü (Turkish), ка́лька (kálʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cyfieithiad benthyg [masculine] (Welsh), קאַלקע (kalke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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Verb

IPA: /kælk/ Audio: en-us-calque.ogg Forms: calques [present, singular, third-person], calquing [participle, present], calqued [participle, past], calqued [past]
Rhymes: -ælk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|calque||calque|lit=copy, tracing}} French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), {{doublet|en|calk#Etymology_2|notext=1}} calk, {{der|en|it|calcare}} Italian calcare, {{der|en|la|calcō|calcāre|t=to tread}} Latin calcāre (“to tread”), {{doublet|en|calcate|calcation}} Doublet of calcate and calcation Head templates: {{en-verb}} calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)
  1. (linguistics, translation studies, transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics, Translation studies Translations (adopt a word by translation of its parts): բառապատճենել (baṙapatčenel) (Armenian), калки́рам (kalkíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), 借譯 (Chinese Cantonese), 借译 (ze³ jik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 借譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 借译 (jièyì) (Chinese Mandarin), kalk [masculine] (Czech), omaksua käännöslaina (Finnish), calquer (French), lehnübersetzen (German), tükörfordítással alkot (Hungarian), meminjam terjemah (Indonesian), калки́ра (kalkíra) (Macedonian), decalcar (Portuguese), калькировать (kalʹkirovatʹ) (Russian), калки́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kalkírati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), calcar (Spanish), קאַלקירן (kalkirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-calque-en-verb-JvqsiFMf Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kálʹka",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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          "word": "借译"
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          "word": "借譯"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "omaksua käännöslaina"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
          "word": "calquer"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
          "word": "lehnübersetzen"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
          "word": "tükörfordítással alkot"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
          "word": "meminjam terjemah"
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          "roman": "kalkíra",
          "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
          "word": "калки́ра"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "kalkirn",
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      "code": "is",
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      "expansion": "calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "calque"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Linguistics",
        "en:Translation studies"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 July 6, Soumaya Amine Al Salti, “Calque Examples in Translating: Impacts on Linguistic Diversity”, in Soumaya Salti:",
          "text": "Terms like \"cloud computing\" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical richness of the original.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "translation studies",
          "translation studies"
        ],
        [
          "adopt",
          "adopt"
        ],
        [
          "semantic",
          "semantic"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics, translation studies, transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "translation-studies"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kælk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-calque.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-us-calque.ogg/En-us-calque.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/En-us-calque.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ælk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "calc"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "calk"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "baṙapatčenel",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "բառապատճենել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kalkíram",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "калки́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "借譯"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ze³ jik⁶",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "借译"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "借譯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jièyì",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "借译"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kalk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "omaksua käännöslaina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "calquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "lehnübersetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "tükörfordítással alkot"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "meminjam terjemah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kalkíra",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "калки́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "decalcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalʹkirovatʹ",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "калькировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "калки́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kalkírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "calcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kalkirn",
      "sense": "adopt a word by translation of its parts",
      "word": "קאַלקירן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calque"
}

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