1syllable
calque
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Definitions ofcalque
1noun
- A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
Synonyms: calquing, "loan translation"
Example: "The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide"."
1verb
- To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
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