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Showing words for CALQUE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Calque

calque, claque

5 Letter Words for Calque

caque, equal, quale, queal

4 Letter Words for Calque

acle, aclu, alce, alec, caul, clue, lace, luce, qual

3 Letter Words for Calque

ace, alc, ale, aul, cal, cel, cue, cul, eau, ecu, ela, lac, lca, lea, leu, lue, qua, que, uca, ula, ule

Definitions for Calque

[1] a loan translation, especially one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula.
[2] loanshift.
[3] to form (a word or phrase) through the process of loan translation.
[4] another word for loan translation
[5] (tr) another word for calk 3

Words related to Calque

borrowing, neology, paronym

Words nearby Calque

calpac, calpain, calpe, calpers, calpurnia, calque, caltanissetta, caltech, caltrop, caltrop family, calumet

Origin of Calque

1655–65; < French, noun derivative of calquer to copy, base on < Italian calcare to trace over, tread < Latin: to trample

Word origin for Calque

C20: from French: a tracing, from calquer, from Latin calcāre to tread

Synonyms for Calque

borrowed word, borrowing, imported word, loan translation, neology, paronym