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calque

noun as in loan word

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For example, did you know the difference between a loanword and a calque?

From Slate

By the way, I knew the difference between a loanword and a calque and the Defiant Ones, but not what was going on in the car with Giardia.

From Slate

Calk, Calque, kawk, v.t. to chalk, as the back of a drawing, &c., in order to transfer it, to copy by tracing.—n.

This done, one of the knights closed his visor, and the other tried to follow his example, but the calque, dented from the effects of a blow, refused to allow the visor to descend.

Nothing short of the breaking of the laces of the Frenchman's calque would release the man, and even then his unprotected head would be pierced by a ready arrow.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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