calque

calque
1. noun /kælk/
A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. :: The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".
2. verb /kælk/
To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

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  • calque — [ kalk ] n. m. • 1762; it. calco, de calcare → calquer 1 ♦ Reproduction exacte d un dessin, d un modèle, obtenue en calquant. Calque d une carte. Papier calque ou calque : papier transparent pour calquer. Un dessin sur calque. 2 ♦ Ling.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Calque — (fr., spr. Kalk), Durchzeichnung; davon Calquiren, 1) eine Calque machen; 2) die Umrisse der Calque aus eine neue Unterlage von Papier (Zeichnung od. Aquarell), Leinwand (Ölmalerei), frischen Mauerbewurf (Fresco), trockene Wand (Tempera,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • calque — CALQUE. s. mas. Trait léger d un dessin qui a été calqué. Prendre un calque …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Calque — Calque, v. t. See 2d {Calk}, v. t. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calqué — calqué, ée (kal ké, kée) part. passé. Un dessin calqué. Des modes calquées sur les modes parisiennes …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Calque — [kalk] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. calque zu calquer »durchzeichnen, abpausen«, dies aus lat. it. calcare »treten«> (veraltet) Durchzeichnung, Pause …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • calque — loan translation of a foreign word or phrase, from Fr. calque, lit. a copy, from calquer to trace by rubbing (itself borrowed in English 1660s as calk), from It. calcare, from L. calcare to tread, to press down …   Etymology dictionary

  • Calque — (frz., spr. kalk), Durchzeichnung (s. Kalkieren) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Calque — (frz. Kalk), die Durchzeichnung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • calque — s. m. O mesmo que calco …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • calque — [kalk] n. [Fr, an imitation, tracing < calquer, to trace < It calcare, to press, trample < L, to tread: see CAULK] a borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a… …   English World dictionary

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