calque meaning in Kannada
ನೇರ ಅನುವಾದ
/kælk/
calque in Kannada: ನೇರ ಅನುವಾದ. 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.
Kannada words for calque
- ನೇರ ಅನುವಾದ
English meaning of calque
- noun A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
- verb To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
Synonyms of calque
calque in other languages
Questions about calque in Kannada
- What is the meaning of calque in Kannada?
- Calque in Kannada is ನೇರ ಅನುವಾದ.
- calque ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
- Calque: ನೇರ ಅನುವಾದ.
- 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.
Source and license
Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: calque (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: calque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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