CALQUES

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C(3) A(1) L(1) Q(10) U(1) E(1) S(1)
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Definition

noun
  1. 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".”

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