calque

n.
See loan translation.

[French, from calquer, to trace, copy, from Italian calcare, to press, from Latin calcāre, to tread on, from calx, heel.]

loan translation: a compound/derivative/phrase that is introduced into a language from translation of the constituents of a term

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
  Synonym: loan translation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - oversættelseslån
v. tr. - optage i sproget som oversættelseslån

Nederlands (Dutch)
leenvertaling

Français (French)
n. - calque
v. tr. - calquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lehnübersetzung
v. - ein Wort Glied für Glied übersetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γλωσσ.) δάνεια μετάφραση

Italiano (Italian)
calco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - composto (m), derivativo (m) ou frase (f) introduzidos de outro idioma

Русский (Russian)
языковая калька

Español (Spanish)
n. - calco
v. tr. - calcar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - översättningslån

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
语义转借, 译借, 转借

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 語義轉借, 譯借
v. tr. - 轉借

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 번역 차용 어구
v. tr. - 번역 차용 어구로부터 기인하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - なぞり, 語義借用

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معامله قرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרגום שאילה בייחוד כזה שמבנה המילה בשפת המקור נשמר בשפה אליה תורגמה‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר מילה או צירוף מלים באמצעות תרגום שאילה‬

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