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calque

cal·que

UK/kælk/ uncommon

noun

1.

an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language

  • “superman”
  • “Ubermensch”
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Origin

From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation.

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