calque
To adopt from one language to another by semantic translation of its partsTo adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
» It's a calque.
Це калька.
Meaning
1 sensesTo adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
lehnübersetzen
калькироватьkalʹkirovatʹ
Examples
3 sentencesIt's a calque.
Це калька.
"Calque" is a loanword and "loanword" is a calque.
In English we say "coup d'etat," from French, where many other languages have their own words or calques.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”)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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Forms
calques, calquing, calqued, calquedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle