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▪ I. calque Philol.|kælk|
[Fr., lit. ‘copy’, f. calquer to trace (a design, etc.), ad. It. calcare, ad. L. calcāre to tread.]
A loan-translation (see loan n.1). Also as vb.
1937Amer. Speech XII. 44 The speaker begins saying things in one form only, instead of using two forms which are almost exact calques of each other. 1941C. T. Onions in Medium ævum X. 160 The possibility of a direct ‘calque’ on a Norse *wrabba ok wrœgja should perhaps not be ruled out. 1957G. V. Smithers Kyng Alisaunder II. 81 Fecche mood..is evidently a calque on OF. porter ire, as in Chanson de Roland. 1958A. S. C. Ross Etym. 34 MnE that goes without saying is a translation-loan of (better, is calqued on) MnFrench cela va sans dire.
▪ II. calque
variant of calk v. |