noun🔗ShareКалькаA 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"."Слово «watershed» — это калька с немецкого «Wasserscheide».languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareКалькироватьTo 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." "Французские говорящие иногда калькируют английские фразы, например, дословно переводя «skyscraper» в «gratte-ciel».languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
