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Calqued vs Calques - What's the difference?

calqued | calques |

As a verb calqued

is (calque).

As an adjective calques is

.

calqued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (calque)

    • 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

    * ----

    calques

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * ----