'Calque' definitions:
Definition of 'calque'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'calque'
From: GCIDE
- 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]