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loan translation

loan translation noun: synonym of calque.

Noun

loan translation (countable and uncountable, plural loan translations)

  1. (countable, result of act or process) Synonym of calque.
    • To support his definition, Betz discusses various examples of loan translation from Latin and English as in German Wolkenkratzer after English skyscraper, Gegengift ('antidote') after Latin contravenenum, Mitleid ('compasssion') after Latin compassio, and Gewissen ('conscience') after Latin...2007, Alexander Onysko, Anglicisms in German
    Synonyms:
    calque
  2. (uncountable, act or process) Synonym of calquing.
    Synonyms:
    calquing

Synonyms of loan translation

Forms of loan translation

pluralloan translations

Origin of loan translation

From loan + translation, calque of German Lehnübersetzung.

Questions about loan translation

What does loan translation mean?
Loan translation means synonym of calque.
What part of speech is loan translation?
Loan translation is a noun.
What is the plural of loan translation?
The plural of loan translation is loan translations.

Words near loan translation in the dictionary

  1. loan sharked
  2. loan sharking
  3. loan sharks
  4. loan term
  5. loan terms
  6. loan translation
  7. loan translations
  8. loan word
  9. loan words
  10. loan-back
  11. loan-backs

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