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Calque

noun
1.
An expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language.  Synonyms: calque formation, loan translation.






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"Calque" Quotes from Famous Books



... real cause," answered Warwick. "I know it; for the sons of the North are familiar to me, and their rising hath deeper meaning than ye deem. What! have they not decoyed to their head my kinsmen, the heirs of Latimer and Fitzhugh, and bold Coniers, whose steel calque should have circled a wiser brain? Have they not taken my name as their battle-cry? And do ye think this falsehood veils nothing but the simple truth of ...
— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton



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