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Examples 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 license What is calque and examples? – Short-Facts
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