Calque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to
     trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel.
     Cf. {Calcarate}.]
     To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or
     black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over
     the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other


     thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also
     {calque}]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calque \Calque\, v. t.
     See 2d {Calk}, v. t.
     [1913 Webster] Caltrop

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calque
       n : an expression introduced into one language by translating it
           from another language [syn: {loan translation}]