calque
noun
ˈkalk 
: loan translation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But in both French and English, the descriptor is a calque from the German, whose speakers seem not only to find all the rat kings, but also to be the ones talking nonstop about them. 
Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019 Word History
Etymology
French, literally, copy, from calquer to trace, from Italian calcare to trample, trace, from Latin, to trample — more at caulk
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
- bloodthirst
- bloodthirstier
- bloodthirstiest
- bloodthirstily
- bloodthirstiness
- bloodthirstinesses
- bloodthirsty
- bloodwealth
- bloodweed
- bloodwit
- bloodwite
- bloodwood
- bloodwoods
- bloodwork
- bloodworm
- bloodworms
- bloodwort
- bloodwort family
- bloodworts
- bloody
- bloody bark
- bloody bread
- bloody clam
- bloody dock
- bloody fingers