1.
[syn: calque, calque formation, loan translation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calque \Calque\, v. t.
See 2d Calk, v. t.
[1913 Webster] Caltrop
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calque
n 1: an expression introduced into one language by translating
it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the
German `Ubermensch'" [syn: calque, calque formation,
loan translation]