calque : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: calque	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for calque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calque n an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'" Synonym(s): calque, calque formation, loan translation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calk \Calk\ (k[acr]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}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calque \Calque\, v. t. See 2d {Calk}, v. t.