calque

calquenoun/kælk/

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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

  • David S. Powers, professor of Islamic history and law at Cornell, says he thinks that the word as used today is in the nature of what linguists call a calque, a borrowing from another language in literal translation […]
  • Those phrases, translated from Spanish, are known as calques. […] The three young Miamians in the video also use “super” as an adverb, one of the calques from Spanish mentioned in Dr. Carter’s research. (“Ay, I’m super bloated.”)

calqueverb/kælk/

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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesTo adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

  • Terms like "cloud computing" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical richness of the original.