CALQUE
/kælk/
17
Scrabble
20
WWF
C(3) A(1) L(1) Q(10) U(1) E(1)
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Definition
/kælk/
noun
- A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.“The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".”
verb
- To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
Source: Wiktionary
