Calque

In linguistics, a calque (pronounced ) or loan translation (itself a calque of German Lehnübersetzung) is a phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word translation.

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Linguistics - Pronounced - Language

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The word is also used as a verb: to calque means to loan translate from another language to create a new lexeme in the target language.

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