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Preferred term

calque  

Type

  • Microstructure feature

  • owl:NamedIndividual

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • loan translation

Description

  • an expression (compound, derivative, or phrase) introduced into one language by translating its constituent parts from another language; for example, superman (English) from German Übermensch.
  • word or expression adopted from a foreign language by translation of its constituent morphemes

In other languages

  • kalko

    Basque

  • калька

    Belarusian

  • Калка

    Bulgarian

  • calc

    Catalan

  • calc lingüístic
  • Prevedenice

    Croatian

  • Kalk

    Czech

  • oversættelseslån

    Danish

  • kalke
  • sproglig kalke
  • leenvertaling

    Dutch

  • tõlkelaen

    Estonian

  • kalka
  • calque

    French

  • Calco léxico

    Galician

  • Lehnübersetzung

    German

  • μεταφραστικό δάνειο

    Greek

  • תרגום שאילה

    Hebrew

  • tükörfordítás

    Hungarian

  • tökuþýðing

    Icelandic

  • lomaistriúchán iasachta

    Irish

  • calco

    Italian

  • calco linguistico
  • kalks

    Latvian

  • vertinys

    Lithuanian

  • kalkė
  • преведеница

    Macedonian

  • Importord

    Norwegian Nynorsk

  • kalka

    Polish

  • calque

    Portuguese

  • calc

    Romanian

  • Калька

    Russian

  • калк

    Serbian

  • Kalk

    Slovak

  • kalk

    Slovenian

  • calco

    Spanish

  • préstamo
  • översättningslån

    Swedish

  • калька

    Ukrainian

URI

http://w3id.org/meta-share/lexmeta/calque

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