Search Result for "calque_formation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language;
- Example: "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
[syn: calque, calque formation, loan translation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calque formation
    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]