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Calque

🔄 Synonyms of "Calque"

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Word	Definition
loan translationnoun	Synonym of calque.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Calque"

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Word	Definition
loan translationnoun	Synonym of calque.
partial calquenoun	(linguistics) A compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements; a loanblend.
homologuenoun	Alternative spelling of homolog. [Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.]
semi-calquenoun	Synonym of partial calque.
semantic calquenoun	Synonym of semantic loan.
equivalencenoun	(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
analogynoun	A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
similectnoun	(linguistics) A variety of a language spoken by people who have a different first language, with features transferred from the first language in parallel by individual speakers rather than by a cohesive group.
homolognoun	Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
synonymnoun	(semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
proportional analogynoun	analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.
loanblendnoun	A compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements; a partial calque.
paronymnoun	(semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
false cognatenoun	(proscribed) A false friend: a word that appears to have the same meaning as another given word, but in fact does not (without regard to whether or not the two terms are cognate).
phono-semantic matchingnoun	(linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons.
formal equivalencenoun	(translation studies) An approach to translation centered on preserving formal features (such as vocabulary or syntax) of the source in the translated text; word-for-word equivalence.
lexical correspondencenoun	(linguistics) A set of cognate words or morphemes in two or more related languages, where regular sound correspondences occur between the phonemes contained in the words.
cognatenoun	One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
conjugatenoun	(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
derivativenoun	Something derived.