"calque" meaning in French

See calque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kalk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-calque.wav Forms: calques [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from calquer, borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Etymology templates: {{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
  2. (lexicography) calque, loan translation Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Lexicography
    Sense id: en-calque-fr-noun-hhj3TUhr Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, French deverbals, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 16 12 3 1 16 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 11 2 1 19 3 16 2 16 2 16 2 Disambiguation of French deverbals: 6 79 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 70 25 Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
  3. (computer graphics) layer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "computer graphics"
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        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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