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calquing

calquing is the present participle and gerund of calque.

Meaning of calque

Verb

calque (third-person singular simple present calques, present participle calquing, simple past and past participle calqued)

  1. (transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
    • Terms like "cloud computing" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical...2024 June 7, Soumaya Amine Al Salti, “Calque Examples in Translating: Impacts on Linguistic Diversity”, in Soumaya Salti, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025

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Noun

calquing (usually uncountable, plural calquings)

  1. (usually, act or process) Loan translation.

Forms of calquing

pluralcalquings

Questions about calquing

What does calquing mean?
Calquing means loan translation.
What is calquing the present participle and gerund of?
Calquing is the present participle and gerund of calque.
What part of speech is calquing?
Calquing is a noun.
What is the plural of calquing?
The plural of calquing is calquings.

Words near calquing in the dictionary

  1. calque
  2. calqued
  3. calquer
  4. calquers
  5. calques
  6. calquing
  7. calquings
  8. CALR
  9. CALRAB
  10. calrecticulin
  11. calregulin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calquing (page history and authors); calque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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