noun🔗ShareA 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"."languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts."French speakers sometimes calque English phrases, such as translating "skyscraper" literally into "gratte-ciel." "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
