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Calque : (noun)
1: an expression introduced into one language by translating it
from another language [syn: loan translation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E. calquer to trace, It. caicare
to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx
heel. Cf. Calcarate.]
To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or
black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over
the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other
thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also
calque]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Calque : \Calque\, v. t.
See 2d Calk, v. t.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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