calque in Persian
گرتهبرداری gerte-bardâri
/kælk/
calque in Persian: گرتهبرداری (gerte-bardâri). 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.
Persian words for calque
- word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language
- گرتهبرداری gerte-bardâri
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 Persian
- What is the meaning of calque in Persian?
- Calque in Persian is گرتهبرداری (gerte-bardâri).
- معنی calque چیست؟
- Calque: گرتهبرداری (gerte-bardâri).
- 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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