calque
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WordNet 3.6
- n calque an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- v. t Calque See 2d Calk
v. t.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- v.t Calque to chalk, as the back of a drawing, &c., in order to transfer it, to copy by tracing
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In literature:
The head is ornamented with a large horny calque or helmet, and the bare skin of the neck is conspicuous with bright blue and red colours.
"The Malay Archipelago" by Alfred Russell Wallace
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