Meaning of calque | Babel Free
kælkDefinitions
A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
Equivalents
العربية
تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة
Català
calc
Čeština
kalk
Dansk
oversættelseslån
Suomi
käännöslaina
Íslenska
tökuþýðing
Italiano
calco
日本語
翻訳借用
ქართული
კალკი
한국어
번역차용
Kurdî
kalk
Nederlands
leenvertaling
Română
calc
Shqip
kalk
Svenska
översättningslån
Türkçe
öyküntü
Українська
калька
Examples
“David S. Powers, professor of Islamic history and law at Cornell, says he thinks that the word as used today is in the nature of what linguists call a calque, a borrowing from another language in literal translation […]”
“Those phrases, translated from Spanish, are known as calques. […] The three young Miamians in the video also use “super” as an adverb, one of the calques from Spanish mentioned in Dr. Carter’s research. (“Ay, I’m super bloated.”)”
“One of the primary benefits of calque is its ability to enhance cross-cultural communication.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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