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Calque vs Casque - What's the difference?

calque | casque |

As verbs the difference between calque and casque

is that calque is while casque is .

calque

English

(wikipedia calque)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
    • :: The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".

    Synonyms

    * loan translation

    See also

    * Hobson-Jobson * loan word * metaphrase

    Verb

  • To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    casque

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A visorless helmet.
  • A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.

    • Anagrams

    * ----