Calque

/kælk/

noun

  1. 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: calquing, loan translation

verb

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

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