calque

3 definitions found

calque - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to
     trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel.
     Cf. Calcarate.]
     To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or
     black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over
     the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other
     thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also
     calque]
     [1913 Webster]

  Calque \Calque\, v. t.
     See 2d Calk, v. t.
     [1913 Webster] Caltrop

calque - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calque
      n 1: an expression introduced into one language by translating
           it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the
           German `Ubermensch'" [syn: calque, calque formation,
           loan translation]