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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_calquesExamples of Romance language expressions calqued from foreign languages include: French lune de miel, Catalan lluna de mel, Spanish luna de miel, Portuguese lua-de-mel, Italian luna di miele and Romanian luna de miere calque English honeymoonFrench gratte-ciel, Catalan gratacels, … See more
From Greek
Latin calques many terms from Greek, many of which have been borrowed by English See moreSerbian
• Serbian 'misliti izvan kutije' calques English 'to think outside of the box':
Macedonian
• Macedonian ракопис (rakopis) calques Latin-derived 'manuscript' and 'handwriting': See more• uisce beatha calques Latin aqua vitae – The English word whiskey is actually derived from this phrase See more
From Mandarin Chinese
• Running dog calques Chinese: 走狗; pinyin: zǒu gǒu.
• brainwashing calques Chinese: 洗腦; pinyin: xǐ nǎo – usage via U.S. military during Korean War.
• lose face calques Chinese: 丟臉; pinyin: diū liǎn See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licenseWhat is calque and examples? – Short-Facts
https://short-facts.com/what-is-calque-and-examplesOct 24, 2020 · When you take a phrase in French, for example, and translate each word literally into English, that’s a calque. An “Adam’s apple,” for example, is a calque of the French …
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Examples. The common English phrase "flea market" is a phrase calque that literally translates the French " marché aux puces " ("market of fleas"). The German word "Flohmarkt" also …
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When you take a phrase in French, for example, and translate each word literally into English, that's a calque. There are many examples in English of common phrases that are calques, …
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Jan 27, 2020 · For example; Beer Garden is a calque of the German Biergarten, and Adam’s Apple is a calque of the French pomme d’Adam. In both these examples, English phrases are …
Loanwords and Calques - Daily Writing Tips
https://www.dailywritingtips.com/loanwords-and-calquesA loanword comes more or less “as is” from one language to another. English abounds in them. For example: Latin: agenda, index, memorandum. German: angst, blitz, bratwurst. French: …
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Mar 11, 2021 · For example: English: beryl fabric (meaning: a cloth of beryl color) Russian: берилловая фабрика (meaning: chemical manufacturing plant specialized on beryl …
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Aug 01, 2018 · Richard Nordquist. A loan translation is a compound in English (for example, superman) that literally translates a foreign expression (in this example, German Übermensch ), word for word. Also known as a calque …
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Jan 22, 2018 · Now let’s think about the following expressions: Adam’s apple Blue blood Both of these terms have been translated literally from the language in which they first appeared, …
Calques: some examples
creationpie.org/WordCalquesThe English word "calque" is from the French word "calque" ≈ "trace, imitation, close copy". For more information, see the following: Calques: some examples (this page) See the following for …
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