calque

[ kalk ]

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

, calqued, cal·quing.

1. to form (a word or phrase) through the process of loan translation.

calque

/ kælk /

noun

1. another word for loan translation

verb

1. tr another word for calk 3

Word History and Origins

Origin of calque¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of calque¹

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