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calque in Arabic

تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة tarjama iqtirāḍiyya

/kælk/

calque in Arabic: تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة (tarjama iqtirāḍiyya). In English, calque means a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Arabic words for calque

word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language
تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة tarjama iqtirāḍiyya

English meaning of calque

  1. noun A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
  2. verb To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

Full definition of calque

Synonyms of calque

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Questions about calque in Arabic

What is the meaning of calque in Arabic?
Calque in Arabic is تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة (tarjama iqtirāḍiyya).
ما معنى كلمة calque؟
Calque: تَرْجَمَة اِقْتِرَاضِيَّة (tarjama iqtirāḍiyya).
What does calque mean in English?
Calque means a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

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