"semantic calque" meaning in English

See semantic calque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: semantic calques [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semantic calque (plural semantic calques)
  1. Synonym of semantic loan. Synonyms: semantic loan [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-semantic_calque-en-noun-DX8bIXd8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of semantic loan."
      ],
      "id": "en-semantic_calque-en-noun-DX8bIXd8",
      "links": [
        [
          "semantic loan",
          "semantic loan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "semantic loan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semantic calque"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "semantic calques",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "semantic calque (plural semantic calques)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of semantic loan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semantic loan",
          "semantic loan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "semantic loan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semantic calque"
}

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