"calque" meaning in French

See calque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kalk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-calque.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-calque.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-calque.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-calque.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-calque.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-calque.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: calques [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from calquer, borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:deverbal|calquer}} [Appendix:Glossary#deverbal|Deverbal]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "stomp", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "calcāre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "heel", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "calx", "gloss" : "heel", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ājō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "calcō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "calcare", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "calquer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "deverbal" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "calque", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="calque">, {{deverbal|fr|calquer}} Deverbal from calquer, {{der|fr|it|calcare}} Italian calcare, {{der|fr|la|calcō|calcāre|t=to tread}} Latin calcāre (“to tread”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} calque m (plural calques)
  1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-calque-fr-noun-CmWm37T3 Categories (other): French deverbals Disambiguation of French deverbals: 23 35 42
  2. (lexicography) calque, loan translation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-calque-fr-noun-hhj3TUhr Categories (other): Lexicography, French deverbals Disambiguation of French deverbals: 23 35 42 Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
  3. (computer graphics) layer Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-calque-fr-noun-2sHXz6lQ Categories (other): Computer graphics, French deverbals, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French deverbals: 23 35 42 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 23 28 49 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 15 66 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 32 43 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 25 32 43 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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