calquen.

Brit.

/kalk/, U.S.

/kælk/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘copy’, < calquer to trace (a design, etc.), < Italian calcare, < Latin calcāre to tread.

Philology.

A loan-translation (see loan n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [noun] > word or phrase borrowed from other language > naturalized > not

alien1884

translation loan?1922

loan-translation1933

calque1937

1937 Amer. Speech 12 44 The speaker begins saying things in one form only, instead of using two forms which are almost exact calques of each other.

1941 C. 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.

1957 G. V. Smithers Kyng Alisaunder II. 81 Fecche mood..is evidently a calque on OF. porter ire, as in Chanson de Roland.

Derivatives

calque v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (intransitive)] > calque

calque1958

1958 A. S. C. Ross Etymol. 34 MnE that goes without saying is a translation-loan of (better, is calqued on) MnFrench cela va sans dire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calque
释义	calquen. Brit. /kalk/, U.S. /kælk/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘copy’, < calquer to trace (a design, etc.), < Italian calcare, < Latin calcāre to tread. Philology. A loan-translation (see loan n.¹). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [noun] > word or phrase borrowed from other language > naturalized > not alien1884 translation loan?1922 loan-translation1933 calque1937 1937 Amer. Speech 12 44 The speaker begins saying things in one form only, instead of using two forms which are almost exact calques of each other. 1941 C. 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. 1957 G. V. Smithers Kyng Alisaunder II. 81 Fecche mood..is evidently a calque on OF. porter ire, as in Chanson de Roland. Derivatives calque v. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (intransitive)] > calque calque1958 1958 A. S. C. Ross Etymol. 34 MnE that goes without saying is a translation-loan of (better, is calqued on) MnFrench cela va sans dire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1937
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