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calquer

calquer noun: one who calques.

Noun

calquer (plural calquers)

  1. One who calques.
    • This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers.2002, Manfred Görlach, Still More Englishes, page 144

Forms of calquer

pluralcalquers

Origin of calquer

From calque + -er.

Questions about calquer

What does calquer mean?
Calquer means one who calques.
What part of speech is calquer?
Calquer is a noun.
What is the plural of calquer?
The plural of calquer is calquers.

Words near calquer in the dictionary

  1. calpullis
  2. calpultin
  3. Calpurnian
  4. calque
  5. calqued
  6. calquer
  7. calquers
  8. calques
  9. calquing
  10. calquings
  11. CALR

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